Fuel filter over kill?

[drtyTshrt]

Is there such a thing as too any fuel filters? I have one just out of the tank in line. Then the fuel/water seperator. Then there is a small in line under the cowl. This is a 1989 200 EFI Merc. I thought about putting a fine mesh screen inside the tank on the pick up tube as well. All of the filters were online when I got the boat except the inline filter just out of the tank.
Thanks,Joey

I am not oil injected. I mix at the pump.

 

[gm280]

Re: Fuel filter over kill?

This is just my opinion, but if you are presently not having any issues with any of the fuel filters plugging up, why did you add another one. I'd remove all of them but one good one myself. Simply because any time to cut into the fuel line and install anything, it becomes a place to leak at the least opportune time. So I'd buy a new length of fuel line and one real good fuel filter and let that be it. If your fuel filters are plugging with trash and junk, you have other problems to discover yet... Also (again JMHO) I’d never put a filter at the tank tube. Why? Because if that tank tube gets plugged in the tank with anything and stops up the flow, you are stuck. I’d rather have the first filter in a place I could get to and clean out even if I was on the water. But that is just me...

 

[Laddies]

Re: Fuel filter over kill?

I would not put any type of filter in the tank keep them where they can be serviced on the water if necessary if you have a good spin on water separator and think you need another go for it or just carry a extra element for the one you have.

 

[smittylv1]

Re: Fuel filter over kill?

Savannah, GA? very humid environment....10 micron/with water seperator would be sufficient...eliminate everything else except the OEM

 

[drtyTshrt]

Re: Fuel filter over kill?

Thanks for the relies.

One more question. I had a green ground wire wrapped around the 2 1/2" fuel fill hose. It was also wrapped with a plastic like saran wrap. How and where sound this ground wire be connected? To the filler inlet to the tank? Some other way? Is it nessecary?

 

[Laddies]

Re: Fuel filter over kill?

Fuel inlet to tank, it's to prevent static electricity