Date:         Sat, 30 Mar 2002 17:57:57 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: gas filter, 81 air cooled
Comments: To: jbrush@AROS.NET
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The cubes come in Gray, Black and Opaque White. Readily available at
PepBoys, NAPA etc.
I think the 85s up use the big round canister, that is just a guess.
I went to a 91 FI Ford Victoria filter, four tines the size and has a
moisture filter in it.
About the same price

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 14:07:01 -0700 John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET> writes:
> I don't seem to be able to walk into a VW dealer and buy a fuel
> filter for
> my 81 vanagon. Not a diesel.
>
> I went in today, and asked for one for my model, and he bought out
> this
> giant canister-looking thing, that is not even close. We looked over
> the
> drawings in the EXTA program, and the filter I have does not appear
> on any
> of the docs.
>
> The one I need is a grey colored cube, about two inches on a side,
> and it
> installs just ahead of the T split for the gas furnace. I am
> thinking the
> existence of the furnace makes it a unique filter? <shrug>
>
> There is a part number on the filter, but it means nothing to the
> parts
> guys at the dealer.
>
> The crappy part is that the input line is smaller than the output,
> so I
> cannot easily grab a generic filter and install it, as there is
> little
> hose on either end to mess with adapters, and the output side is
> much
> bigger than any of the lines on the filters hanging on the rack at
> AutoZone, etc.
>
> Does anyone know what I am talking about? I am wondering why I have
> something on my van that does not appear on any documentation, and
> why I
> don't have what appears to be a standard VW fuel filter. I seem to
> recall
> buying them years ago when I first got the van, but I long ago
> turned
> that stuff over to my mechanic once a year when he does the
> inspection/emissions dance with it. He just keeps putting the same
> kind
> in, year after year.
>
> For anyone with an auxiliary furnace, the filter is up inside the
> cover
> for the furnace, just under the sliding door.
>
> Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. My fuel pump is
> singing
> pretty good, so I want to replace the filter before it starves any
> more.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> John
>

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