Fuel filtering

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Hi,
application is a 4x4 with Rover V8 running EFi. The present fuel system comprises:
Stainless steel tank (very very clean)
Copper gauze filter on the pick-up pipe
Canister type pre-filter on the Facet solid-state pump (the type supplied with the kit)
Clear plastic housed paper element filter adjacent swirl pot inlet (easy diagnosis of fuel supply faults)
EFi pump to metal-housed OEM filter then to fuel rail.

This works well until I use fuel from a jerry can - not often but occasionally necessary, I usually use a filter with a gauze to get petrol down the filler neck.

The gauze on the pickup pipe doesn't seem to trap much but the facet filter loves to get blocked (it's job I guess!). This filter is a PITA to change because the pump is below the bottom of the tank so I usually get a small petrol shower whilst wallowing under the car.

I was thinking of using an appropriately guarded glass sediment bowl (like Series Land Rovers use) but am concerned that it may not catch the particles that the present PITA filter does.

Any suggestions (besides not using jerry cans!)?

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Hi Stevie,
yes, low power in PH terms...probably little better than standard 182 bhp (or perhaps closer to what Land Rover used to quote!) plenty of torque when it gets sufficient fuel.

Thank you for the suggestions.

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Hi,
having changed the pre-filter twice (and hope all the dirt is now accounted for) things seem to be OK.

Any reason not to use a glass sediment bowl?
Do they not filter finely enough?

I like them because you can remove the bowl, flush bowl and the gauze then refit - all with no tools required.

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