Different Kinds Of Oil Filters
The roles of fuel filter are many regardless of whether it is installed in a car, a machine or a boat. The major role of this component is to keep dirt and dust away from the engine and keep rust away from it. The main reason behind these tasks is to keep contamination and damage at bay from the engine and the injector pump.
Types of fuel filter available in the market
Talking in context of motorized boats, the fuel filter or oil filters used in them basically come in three different versions. They are –
· The pretank version
·  The primary version
·  The secondary version
The pretank version
This pretank version of oil filters looks more like a funnel and is designed to provide basic filtering as soon as the fuel is poured into the tank. This happens to be the first component that gets engaged in cleaning the fuel. This version helps in keeping the larger version of contaminants like leaves, metal pieces, plastic bits and other kinds of dirt. Â This version is basically used for cruisers that are designed to travel in the areas where there is scarcity of fuels.
The primary version
This is a completely different kind of filter as compared to the former version. The benefit of this version of fuel filter is that you can add it to the fuel in the later stages as well. It is composed of a number of units and come in two different forms.
· The Spin-On Element
·  Independent Mount
This first one, i.e. the spin on element is mostly visible in cars and other vehicles that run on roads. On the other hand, the latter version is ideally designed to be used in diesel vehicles.
The secondary version
This happens to be the least commonly seen version as the former two versions are sufficient in most cases for keeping the fuel clean before it enters into the engine.














