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  • Group A
    Wrencher
    • Feb 2006
    • 201

    #1

    cant find fuel filter!

    i cant find the fuel filter on my 86 325. i was told it was under the car right infront of the left front wheel, but i dont see a canister there that resembles the fuel filter i was sent by BMA. the filter ig ot is about the size of a 12oz pop can, maybe a lil smaller, and has two openings for the fuel line, one on top and another on the bottom. can some show me a picture of where the fuel filter is located?
  • lordofthewaters
    Mod Crazy
    • Oct 2005
    • 714

    #2
    There is a protective coverplate type thing over it. Some I hear have the fuel filter under the bonnet, beneath the ps reservoir.

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    • aaron_silva
      E30 Mastermind
      • Oct 2003
      • 1785

      #3
      Originally posted by Group A
      i cant find the fuel filter on my 86 325. i was told it was under the car right infront of the left front wheel...
      I dont think it is in front of the left front wheel. Check in front of the left rear wheel.

      Aaron

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      • lordofthewaters
        Mod Crazy
        • Oct 2005
        • 714

        #4
        You're more observant than I am. I completely missed that. Yes in front of the driver's side rear wheel. NOT front wheel.

        Sarcasm is a body's natural defense against stupid.
        When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's £3.95 per minute.
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        • AdamF 88iS
          R3VLimited
          • Oct 2003
          • 2051

          #5
          Originally posted by lordofthewaters
          You're more observant than I am. I completely missed that. Yes in front of the driver's side rear wheel. NOT front wheel.
          You're probably seeing the pump. The filter on your car should be in the engine bay below the P/S resivior/brake master cylener area.

          They didn't start putting the filter in the rear of the car until '88 when the single pump deal came out.
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          • lordofthewaters
            Mod Crazy
            • Oct 2005
            • 714

            #6
            I meant that, I missed where he said, "I was told it was under the car right infront of the left front wheel, but i dont see a canister there that resembles the fuel filter".


            But I did not know when they actually changed the filter location. Thanks might be good to know.

            Sarcasm is a body's natural defense against stupid.
            When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's £3.95 per minute.
            "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." Jack Nicholson"
            Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.



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            • Group A
              Wrencher
              • Feb 2006
              • 201

              #7
              ahhhh, thanks guys. yea, i meant to say rear wheel, not front. this is the second time i posted this question, i dont know why no one told me it was in the engine bay before. well, thanks again.

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              • Erick
                Official R3V Drifter
                • Oct 2003
                • 11169

                #8
                In the early model cars, the external pump is located in front of the rear driver's side wheel. In the later model cars, if you look in the same place, you now have the fuel filter there.

                As for fuel filters and early model cars, my 318i (m10) has it right below the PS reservior.... sitting vertically along the frame.
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