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Date:         Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:02:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Al Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Al Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: fuel pump noise
Comments: To: Jeff Ensing <Kjmmensing@AOL.COM>

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:43:40 EST, Jeff Ensing <Kjmmensing@AOL.COM> wrote:

>Its crazy but I have been dealing with a rusty tank for a year now on a >daily driver. >I installed a Fram filter 3/ 8 clear cartridge type from Wall mart $3.50 >in front of the pump. >I have gone through probably five of theses filters in the year . I have >continually had to pinch off the line w/ a vise grip and pull the filter loose >and knock out the rust so I get another couple tank fulls and than every now >and than I splurge and put a new filter on. >The pump always gets loud and lets me know when it's time to clean the >filter. >I have not had to replace the original VW filter yet. >I started out with one of those glass hot rod filters with the changeable >element but they clogged very quickly and did not filter small enough particle >size so at one point the pump locked up on me (eight hundred miles from home) > I was able to pull the power and ground loose and switch them to reverse >the pump and it restarted and flushed the rust back out the inlet .I put it >back together normal and it has been going strong for another 10 k aside from >still having to clean the filter every now and then. >One of these days I might actually replace that tank! Probably when a >cheap one finds its way to laying at my feet. > >Anyway, I highly recommend running a pre-pump filter to everyone. > > >Jeff E >87' Westy "weekender" >Atlanta, GA.

Jeff: My experience exactly. If I wrote it, I wouldn't change a single word. Except, thanks to Robert Keezer, I found one at my feet for $40. Thanks, Robert. Al Brase


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