Fabled Orange Clip
 

Ok, I can resist no longer. As a newbie, could someone please fill me in on what this Fabled Orange Clip is please? Is it a forum joke?

Who would joke about the FOC? It fixes the single most common cause of non-starting petrol engines. It is the permanent cure for FFS.

If you want to learn more enter FFS or FOC in the Advanced Search system and read it all up.

TC

Petrol Engined cars - In tank fuel filter separates and fuel pressure drops - car won't start

Fit the 'FOC' and this prevents the filter coming apart - simples

It's no joke and i'd recommend checking it's been fitted

No Joke Mate
 

Nope! No joke. This happened to mine just after I got her. Stumped the local garage. If not for this site I don't know waht would have happened. If yours is petrol get this done ASAP. Part available from Rimmers and costs very little.
Best to do it when tank nearly empty.

Chris :}

Aha, thankyou. My car is a petrol so I shall go and use the search engine to find out what I am looking for.

Cheers.

Only happens with late 2002-on I think. Before then, it was a different filter unit that couldn't separate. Garages have raked in thousands, probably hundreds of thousands from 75/ZT owners who suffered FFS. The garages simply worked by trial and error and the punter paid. Xpart sold thousands of fuel pumps that weren't needed and would never be needed. All for a 50p clip. They're £6 now of course.

TC

Ffs
 

Or a strategically placed self tapper, if I remember correctly, but the orange clip is by far the better remedy

Sorry, haven't searched yet as it was getting late last night. Is it internal to the tank?

This is what I did when I suffered '' Fuel Filter Syndrome'' Later replaced by the orange clip.

Remove rear seat squab, find large metal plate on nearside floor, remove plate and find fuel pump underneath fitted into top of tank.