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      03-12-2019, 07:52 AM   #1
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Fuel filter with pressure regulator

Looking at fuel filters, anyone purchase one of the ones off fleabay? Seeing pricing all over the place from FCPEuro being ~$115 to like $40 on ebay.

Anyone have experience or is this one of those items to buy OEM?
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      03-17-2019, 06:08 PM   #2
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No one replaced one of these?
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      03-26-2019, 09:07 PM   #3
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I was wondering the same thing

I just picked up an X3 with 88K on it and was going to do the usual maintenance items on it and a fuel filter is one of them. WHere's it at? attached to the pump?
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      03-27-2019, 08:32 AM   #4
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I just picked up an X3 with 88K on it and was going to do the usual maintenance items on it and a fuel filter is one of them. WHere's it at? attached to the pump?
Depends what year. The 04-06 it's under the vehicle to the side, very easy to swap and cheaper.

07+ its inside the tank, connected to the pump. It's not that hard to replace just you have to open the tank from under the rear bench and unclip. Cost for an OEM filter is $130, ebay is like 30-40$
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      04-24-2019, 09:52 AM   #5
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Depends what year. The 04-06 it's under the vehicle to the side, very easy to swap and cheaper.
Its an 06. When I look up fuel filter for the car it comes up with the integrated pump/filter in the tank. Are you saying there is an external filter on the frame rail or somewhere on the underside of the car?
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      04-24-2019, 11:21 AM   #6
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Its an 06. When I look up fuel filter for the car it comes up with the integrated pump/filter in the tank. Are you saying there is an external filter on the frame rail or somewhere on the underside of the car?
No, so the cut off must of been 03-05 were under body. 06+ were inside the tank.

I just ordered an OEM one from FCPEuro, $114
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      05-01-2019, 09:16 AM   #7
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Take some pictures when you do this. I've very interested to know how much of a PITA it is to do.
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      05-01-2019, 07:56 PM   #8
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Take some pictures when you do this. I've very interested to know how much of a PITA it is to do.
Don't think this is anymore of a PITA than replacing the fuel pump on the E46 which sits in the tank too which is very easy. Is there something I am not aware of?
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      05-06-2019, 07:39 PM   #9
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Most vehicles don't have the filter in the tank but along the rails as said earlier. Just wondering how access is to the tank etc and what the filter setup looks like.
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