Remote mount fuel filter kit with prime maintaining check valve

A fuel filter assembly for remotely mounting a fuel filter to a fuel system of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, said fuel filter assembly comprising:

• a fuel filter including a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet at an upper end thereof,
• a remote filter head including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a vertical mounting surface extending between said upper and lower surfaces, wherein said lower surface includes means for mounting said fuel filter thereto, an inlet channel extending from said mounting surface to the lower planar surface for connection to the fuel inlet of said fuel filter, an outlet channel extending from said mounting surface to the lower planar surface for connection to the outlet of the fuel filter, wherein said inlet channel includes a recess opening to said mounting surface;
• a unitary connection block including a vertical mounting face and a horizontal lower face, an inlet passage extending from the lower face to said mounting face, an outlet passage extending from said lower face to said mounting face, wherein said inlet channel includes a recess opening to said mounting face;
• means for mounting the mounting face of said connection block to the mounting surface of said filter head such that the recess of the inlet channel of the filter head aligns with the recess of the inlet passage of the connection block and the outlet channel of the filter head aligns with the outlet passage of the connection block;
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• first check valve means disposed within a cavity formed by the aligned recesses of the inlet channel of the filter head and the inlet passage of said connection block for permitting flow in a direction toward the the inlet of the fuel filter while blocking flow in a direction away from the inlet of the fuel filter.