I have an R56 cooper and I decided to change the fuel filter. After removing the back bottom seat and the black metallic cover ,I had a surprise!!!...The car had no fuel filter!! At the right hand side the fuel pump was at its ordinary place but at the left hand side the fuel filter could not be found…!To be specific, at the place the fuel filter are ordinary placed I could only see an iron (or aluminium) plate that was covering the area…Any ideas???

The fuel filter is apart of the right-side fuel tank sensor assembly submerged in the fuel tank.
There's no service / replacement specified as its an integrated component.

Why are you needing to change the filter?

- Erik

thank you for your reply...

it is the first i got an answer at any forums i posted...

no, i must not changed but i wanted to changed it (i am used to changing all the filters of the car evry couple of years) ...why does it happen to my mini but in others owners can change it??

Because MINI.

It seems you are reading threads and how-to's for/from folks with GEN1 MINI's....that is to say r50/53/52 cars.....

No i dont read articles for r53 . I am an owner of a 53 and a 56 and friends of mini have changed fuel filters to their 56s!...probably some can and some can not...

Which motor.....
Will help folk sort through this mystery.
The n14 or n18?
Is the displacement the same as northamerica? I know for a fact mini sold a smaller motor in greece than was avalable anywhere else in the world on the gen1....so maybe Greece destined mini's are slightly different as on gen1 cars....

Cooper and Cooper S are different..