epeek

My 35 Ex 496's has inline fuel filter before the seperator. Anyone have a part# from wix or
Napa. Cant find at any boat dealer or west marine. 4th weekend need asap.

raeburn

My 2002 496 HO has an inline fuel filter (just changed it last week). The Mercury part# is 864572T. If you can't get a Mercury one you should be able to cross-reference it to other makes. I talked to three Mercury dealers before I found one that even knew there were inline filters on some 496's - I guess it's pretty rare. I don't know how yours is plumbed, but on my Baja they used two 3/8" 90 degree fittings on it - seems pretty restrictive (will be changing that!).
I live in Canada but I would assume the part number would be the same in the U.S.

RaggedEdge

Any NAPA dealer should be able to come up with the part. I believe they all have access to the Sierra marine stuff. My brother-in-law has a NAPA store and is able to get me marine parts. Take raeburns part number and see if they can cross refference it for you, US and Canada would likely be same part number from Merc.

rush

Mercury makes parts like nobody elce, I could not find an aftermarket fuel filter for my 2000 lighting 500 efis.

epeek

Turns out there are no exact aftermarket filters available.
I finnaly found some Merc one on Thurs. 50 bucks a
piece!!! Turns out my booster pump micro screen was
plugged solid as well. Only on starboard engine.