Filter and filter element provided therefor

A filter for oil contaminated with water impurities, comprising:

• a filter housing having an element retainer forming a fluid outlet leading out of said filter housing and a water collecting space, said element retainer being located above said water collecting space, said water collecting space being located on a bottom of said filter housing;
• at least one filter element accommodated in said filter housing and having a filter medium with an outer unfiltered side and an inner filtered side, said inner filtered side defining an inner filter cavity, fluid to be filtered passing from said outer unfiltered side through said filter medium into said inner filter cavity;
• a water separation device and a separation space for separated water in said inner filter cavity;
• an end cap enclosing lower ends of said water separation device, said separation space and said filter medium, said end cap having a pipe connector forming inside thereof a fluid passage for filtered fluid emerging from said inner filter cavity to said fluid outlet and a water passage at least partially surrounding said fluid passage and being open to said separation space, said pipe connector being secured on said element retainer, said water passage forming a first fluid path separate from a second fluid path, said second fluid path connecting said inner filtered side of said filter element and said fluid outlet of said filter housing in an operating position of said filter element, said element retainer forming a through channel to said water collecting space;
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• first and second seals located between said through channel and said pipe connector of said end cap and on an outside of said pipe connector forming a collecting space connecting said second fluid path to said fluid outlet of said filter housing.