Help picking the correct fuel filter element

[Blazer250]

I need your help purchasing the correct fuel filter for my 2008 VZ250TLR.

I need the fuel filter element located in the clear bowl just behind the VST tank. The problem I have is it seems there are 2 options in the parts break down, see "13" and "14" in the link below.

http://www.boats.net/images/diagrams.../5095/0014.png

My element does not look as long as the one listed but it is very hard to tell from the picture.

Thanks!!!!!

[throrope]

The Yamaha service manual for our '04 TLRD90 suggests cleaning the on engine fuel filter. I sprayed it and the bowl with store brand carb cleaner and back flushed with compressed air. Since the stuff is pretty aggressive, I don't like soaking for any duration.

IMHO, that filter is more a screen. If you don't have one, I suggest adding a 10 micron water separating fuel filter upstream and leaving the one on the outboard as a last line of defense. Sierra Marine offers a kit for about 30 buck through online retailers that includes a spare. They look like spin-on oil filters. For a bit more, you can get a kit with a drain bowl. Good friend and mentor Cpt. Rudy suggests changing every three years for the recreational boater and every year for the tradesman. A replacement cartridge costs betwen 5 and 8 bucks. BTW, a micron is a micron and the dirt will never know what manufacturer made the filter.

Also, if your fuel hose is more than four years old, I suggest a complete renewal from tank to outboard including tank pickup. Much cheaper and less time than a failed trip.

Good luck and keep us posted.

[robert graham]

My 2nd on what Throrope said. After you install the fuel/water separator you'll notice almost no water or trash in the motor mounted filter, but it's a great back-up filter. I replaced my cartridge after about 3 years, hack-sawed it open just to see, not a whole lot of trash in it, but it's better to change now and then, like with an oil filter. I do drain my carbs a couple of times a year and at winter shut-down, just to be dead sure there's nothing in those float chambers. Good Luck!