Originally Posted by JohnMat
Javier - I just checked my fuel filter mount, which is happily rock solid, and on mine at least the two pieces are "looped" together, so that they will fail-safe in the same way that yours has. It is a tricky area to photograph in, but here's what it looks like as best as I could capture it.

So while this is another case of poor welding (I had a weld fail on the mount for the ignition system in the first few weeks of ownership), it is possible that it left the factory intact.

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Looking at your picture it's different from others I've seen, and as mine. And I see yours, as mine, is different color. More like “gold” metal while the others I’ve seen are truly metallic grey. What year is your car? In fact, your two pieces are not centered, and I doubt they're even welded. Thinking deeper, maybe the purpose is that while tightening the front screw the rear part also "pinches" the Ω-shaped bracket. And stays fixed by simple pressure. In mine, the front screw is solid rock tightened. Maybe I should lose it and see if putting back in place the two pieces and tightening the front screw it pinches and gets fixed as it might do.

Tricky to know if this is a new feature of latest cars or not. I’ll work on it tomorrow again and tell you.

Last edited by Marmota; 13/10/20 09:31 PM.

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