im not certain why the system is like it is can only think its so the steel hp pump which isnt very hp really, gets fed with filtered fuel
I think that makes sense. If the hp pump gets worn by the bits of sh!t that can get into fuel, espcially things metallic then a/ the pump would wear and not be even as hp as it supposed to be and b/ it would shove the metallic etc bits up towards all ther injection gubbins and we all know what can happen then.
Also don't you think water might be a big issue? I have heard that water is a big no no in injectors and of course can eventually rust metal bits like, maybe in the pump.
I once had water ingress into a kit car fuel tank. It took me ages to work this out as I could only see the carburettored fuel system as having a fault. The car ran but it seems to need to run on full or partial choke the whole time, and it played merry harry with fuel consumption. In the end I fitted a diesel fuel separator and that sorted it, and enabled me to see the problem. Getting the water out of the tank was no problem and things seemed to be fine after that.
Until I noticed fuel leaking out of the tank. The tank was a steel tank with special fire resistant stuff in it like wire wool. (It took ages to fill cos of it.)
So the water had been accumulating in there for some time right up until the point where the pick up pipe actually started picking it up.
So, new specially made fuel tank time, made for me by a guy recommended to me who actually rana LR garage. He turned out to be a real cowboy and the tank came with the mounts on the bottom instead of the top. The guy told me my drawing was rubbish until I pointed out, on the mounts I had actually written "top". It was underslung, not fitted to the floor of a boot.
So I had to take it on, grind the mounts off, fab new ones and then lie under the car, in the dark, in a puddle marking up the points to drill them, then take it back off, drill them and then refitting the whole thing. As it was February and I was leading a convoy of cars with it the following day!
Lesson learned: do not use a pressure washer near a Monza style fuel cap! (Or probably any type of fuel cap, but then most are behind a flap, innit!)