fuel filter

1998 l series diesel, now i keep seeing on threads fuel filter under wheel arch, mine is under bonnet or is there 2, same with pump, mine is in top of tank i think,

Earlier Freelanders had 2 low pressure pumps - one in the tank, and the other under the bonnet with the filter beside it.

Very sensible and not too difficult to access.

Facelift Freelanders have only one pump which alongwith the filter is located under the rear off-side wheel-arch.

Some sadist design 'engineer' who has probably never touched a screwdriver or spanner in his life will no doubt be thinking he did a good job of re-locating it.

Why it was moved is beyond me. Takes an age to change it and can't be done easily at the roadside if you get a blocked filter due to suspect fuel in some far-off country where you get flies and wasps as well as grit supplied through a fuel-station pump without a filter.

End of rant - next rant later - only one per day - hopefully.

Singvogel.

Edit: In certain countries (some of which have recently even joined the EU) I fill up using a filter funnel with a fine mesh in the neck - you'd be amazed at some of the cr*p I catch that way. It's slow - but better than an unscheduled roadside stop.

well i can see the filter, but no pump there, not even a priming bulb, i have bought one as i know mate took bulb off because of leak, but no where can i see a pump on the fuel line again the filter.

Look here:

http://www.askthemechanic.co.uk/images/Freelander Fuel pump.jpg

Pump and filter - side by side - easy.

S.

Edit: Just a thought - perhaps the 98 L series had the pump somewhere else????? Someone who has one will no doubt be along soon to confirm the location.

not got nothing like that,