Hi,

I've got a '98 1.4 that is leaking from the rear-side of the fuel filter.

I pulled the plastic cover to have a look. The bracket is quite rusted so I couldn't get it off, and the clamp around the filter itself is rusted beyond recognition of how to get it off.

My theory is that the filter is gummed up enough that when the pump pressurizes the system, it leaks out of the inbound side of the filter.

But I don't know when end is which. The side that leaks is the rear of the filter, the end tilted up.

What would be much worse would be if that was the "filtered" side and the clip-on junction has died.

Lying in slush to sort this out is no fun. The parts shop is 30 km away and I can go get a filter tomorrow if that is likely the problem.

Any thoughts?

Joseph

I just swapped out the filter. I used one for a '95 Xantia that a fitment chart claims is the same, as the proper one was out of stock.

It's not the same; the ends are bulged a bit as is suitable for a hose-clamp type fitment, not the plastic Fiat ones. Since I didn't feel like riding my bike back to the shop (already 70 km today to get there and back!), I hacksawed off the bulges. Works fine.

For those interested, the rear-pointing end of the filter is the output side.

In my case it turned out to be a failed filter at the seam where the metal bits are swaged together, not a leaking connector.

Forza Fiat! :slayer: