Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:17:59 -0400
Reply-To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
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From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Subject: Re: Fuel Filter question
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Is there not two different plastic filters? I think this is where the
confusion comes in. My '86 was different than my current '85. I can get
the '85 type at Pep Boys, but not the '86. Doesn't the '86 have different
inlet and outlet hose sizes? I seem to remember it had a larger outlet, 11
or 12 mm?
Jay
The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 08/04/2003
10:03:59 AM
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Subject: Re: Fuel Filter question
> Bought a fuel filter for my 85 Westy from a list vendor,
> large metal cylindrical fuel filter, found out that the one on my bus
> is a small white plastic one... was my fuel filter changed from stock?
would this
> fuel filter still work on my van? Is the metal one the stock filter?
The two are not interchangeable. One goes before the fuel pump and one
after. You can add the metal one to any year, but only after the pump;
it cannot replace the plastic one before the pump because of a different
sized inlet.
If you look at the Details pages on our website (linked below), they
show the supposed applications of each. Supposedly,
non-California-emissions models used only the plastic filter until 1986.
However, I have seen earlier Federal Vanagons that had the metal ones
even though they were not "supposed to" and visa-versa (and some that
had both). So the only failsafe way to make sure of what you have is to
take a quick peak underneath the van (toward the rear but in front of
the engine, inline with the fuel pump), where they are clearly visible.
http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=133133511
http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=71028
- Ron Salmon
The Bus Depot, Inc.
www.busdepot.com
(215) 234-VWVW
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