OK, so it was getting late last night as I finished up my little job so I postponed the "flow test" until this morning.
Turned on fuel, checked all left hand connections, everything looks fine, around to the right looks good to except I forgot a cable tie, then I hear drip drip drip under the bike, CRAP, fuel pouring out of LH carb bowl.
fuel off, dropped the bowl, all looks OK and clean, fuel on, checked the float needle, seems OK too, let some fuel flush, fuel off, bowl back on, fuel on, all looks OK again, no leaks
As I was carving up the fuel hose yesterday evening, I remember thinking at one point, I must watch it that none of those little cotton bits on the braiding drop into the hose pieces, I wonder...., or maybe I do have a sticky float needle
Drive test later, but first my 05 X-Trail is due her bi-yearly mandatory test, fingers crossed that goes well at least
OK, now I get it, I was somehow watching the picture the other way... I can see you mean the filter being vertically should be better... that makes sense... although mine ins horizontal and I never had a problem with it...
Good luck!!
Yes, mine works good too, horizontal is fine, its just that the angles the bits of joining hoses have to go through can be a bit tight and there is a danger of kinking, and I think the side exit from the tap just makes the filter placement looks a lot neater, not hanging over the Carb top and blocking the view of the timing hole ( rubber bung in casing), like mine does right now.
But as you say, if it works, why worry,
