dave88sw Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Hi, Quick question, hopefully a simple answer. I've got a 2.25 petrol series 3 and i want to add a proper fuel filter in addition to the standard sediment bowl on the fuel pump. I could just stick an inline filter on but hate the bloody things when you have to change them. I have on the shelf a discovery 300tdi fuel filter housing, would it be ok to use this with a new filter? I can't see any reason why not but it seems a bit strange that the fuel filter has "diesel filter" written on it rather than "fuel filter" or am i reading too much into it? Thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel_90 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Yes this would work fine in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Why not a Ryco P2132 combination filter/sedimenter - it will filter petrol as well as diesel and has a transparent bowl so you can see if there is any crud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 IIRC RYCO is a Ozzie company , n/a in UK etc. the equiv would probably be a CAV 296 type can be found on old series diesel landrovers and some tractors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave88sw Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 Cheers guys, It's more a case of i have a Disco fuel filter housing here and the filter cartridges are easy and cheap to come across. I'll get it fitted . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I'm going to bookmark those CAV 296 filters - they'd look good in an old series with a 200tdi. A bit more period looking than the standard discovery item. Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The only thing I can think of is diesel is thicker than petrol so the filtering may not be that fine with a diesel filter. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave88sw Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 The only thing I can think of is diesel is thicker than petrol so the filtering may not be that fine with a diesel filter. Mike Well i had thoughts along the lines of the filtering element may have different properties but when you consider the diesel filter has to prevent anything small enough to block a diesel injector needle going through, it ought to be ok to filter petrol for a very basic carburettor engine. Anything has to be better than just the standard sediment bowl on the fuel pump. Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I would have thought the micron of the filter material was the important bit, not what goes through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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