Date:         Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:02:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Snow <slowmachine@COX.NET>
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From:         Michael Snow <slowmachine@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: fuel filter: before, after, indifferent?
Comments: cc: "Phillips, Andrew" <phillips@ISGS.UIUC.EDU>
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Phillips, Andrew wrote:

> The fuel filter is positioned after the pump.  A note with the fuel pump I just installed (related message is elsewhere on the list) read that the filter should be replaced regularly to protect the pump.  If the filter is after the pump, how can it possibly protect the pump?  How many of you add an additional filter between the fuel tank and the pump?
>
I worked on a '84 Westy today that had a (leaking) factory filter
between the tank and pump.  According to my ETKA, this filter has been
discontinued and replaced with a suitable length of hose.  That seems
foolish to me.  A generic filter from any FLAPS would provide insurance,
though it would have to be changed regularly to prevent starvation of
the pump.  I was amazed at the amount of debris in the last tank I
removed.  Perhaps VW thinks the pump can pass this stuff without damage.

Michael Snow
1982 Westfalia 1.9D
1986 GL
1987 Syncro GL