Loaction of fuel filter on BH5 GTB

[Guest]

I am trying to replace the fuel filter on my BH5 and can not find it anywhere, i have looked around the fuel tank, under the bonnet etc Does anyone know where the fuel filter is?? Im starting to wonder if someone has taken it out!

[Carbon]

Its inside the Fuel tank.

Basic steps, remove rear seat, undo pump housing - extract

[Guest]

I have looked in the fuel tank all that is in there is the strainer filter and not the actual line filter. Is that what you are meaning???

[Carbon]

Perhaps yours has a different system then? The BE5 (sedan) the filter is attached to the pump canister.

There used to be a how to on this site before the forum went tits up

[Carbon]

Have a look here : http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/fuel_filter_replacement-t3645.html?t=3645&highlight=fuel+filter+install

About post #18

Its inside a steel holder, so its not immediately obvious, but once its out you can see it fairly easily.

If its not obvious then perhaps its different for the wagons?

[subieboy]

 Carbon said:

Have a look here : http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/fuel_filter_replacement-t3645.html?t=3645&highlight=fuel+filter+install

About post #18

Its inside a steel holder, so its not immediately obvious, but once its out you can see it fairly easily.

If its not obvious then perhaps its different for the wagons?

You are right on the money with the filter being inside the steel holder, the BH and BE are the same for the filters. It changed to there from previous models.

[Guest]

yea, it took me so long to find mine, such a pain in the ass place!

spose it cuts down on clutter?

-smurff

[Swindog]

So its not the one beside the passenger strut in the engine bay?

[subieboy]

 Swindog said:

So its not the one beside the passenger strut in the engine bay?

Prior to the BH & BE that's where it used to hide, they then changed the design due to things like weight distribution, reducing equipment in the engine bay, making servicing faster (apparently so, probably was cheaper to fit it into there as well with the pump & less sheet metal used for brackets...)

All those above reasons I gleaned from before the forum implosion of 09...

[funkytown]

 Swindog said:

So its not the one beside the passenger strut in the engine bay?

hehe so ya learn something every day... (as i just did)...

My v3 is in the engine bay as you describe.. same as my BG Legacy.

Seems it moved, and we are all the wiser..!

Sticky..?

[MINTGTB]

These Fuel Filters are tiny.. i'll find a pic to do a size comparison on how small these things are