Fuel filter

A fuel filter comprising:

• a filter housing having a bottom;
• an annular filter element arranged inside the filter housing, wherein between the bottom of the filter housing and a bottom area of the filter element a water collecting chamber is formed;
• wherein the filter element is comprised of a coalescing element and a particle filter element,
• wherein fuel flows radially from an interior of the coalescing element to an exterior of the coalescing element and
• wherein fuel flows radially from an exterior of the particle filter element to an interior of the particle filter element,
• wherein the interior of the coalescing element is a raw chamber and the interior of the particle filter element is a clean chamber;
• a riser tube extending through the clean chamber and the raw chamber from the bottom of the filter housing to a top of the filter housing,
• wherein the riser tube comprises a radially outer tube and a radially inner tubular guide channel member and wherein a clean channel is defined between the outer tube and said tubular guide channel member arranged interior to said outer tube and further comprises a guide channel defined by and interior to said guide channel member,
• a sealing means provided on the riser tube,
• wherein the sealing means separates the clean chamber from the raw chamber;
• a water removal tube arranged inside the guide channel,
• wherein water collecting in the water collecting chamber is removed through the water removal tube from the water collecting chamber.