Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:38:01 -0400
Reply-To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you
do?
In-Reply-To: <007F3ADC-4283-4633-A5F4-BD3895159BBE@pottsfamily.ca>
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Greg -
I agree - this never made sense to me either. Is there any reason why
someone couldn't replace the filter before the pump? I have even hear of
people who put a filter before and after.
On 10/18/06, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Volks,
>
> This sort of thing is exactly why I question the wisdom of VW's
> migration of the Vanagon fuel filter to place it BEHIND the fuel pump.
>
> A filter before this pump would have saved it. Damaging fuel
> contaminants can indeed be smaller than the outlet screen on the tank.
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> 1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> www.busesofthecorn.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 18-Oct-06, at 2:11 AM, Curt Newsome wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all who responded to my earlier post about
> > my noisy fuel pump. The story is not over but I'm
> > getting close.
> >
> > To make a long story short my fuel pump was noisy and
> > eventually failed completely because it got plugged up
> > with a fine rust colored silt from my just "cleaned"
> > tank. While the ruined pump is apparently my problem
> > (shop taking no responsibility for this), they have
> > offered to re-remove the tank and send it back to
> > Seatle Radiator to be re-cleaned.
> >
> > I'm wondering if I should just replace the tank - I
> > guess I'm just skeptical of anyone's ability to really
> > clean out the old one and am pretty sick of dealing
> > with this. And i really don't want to ruin anohter
> > fuel pump (this one was new in June!).
> >
> > The guy at Seattle Radiator seemed pretty baffled that
> > a tank he had just cleaned could have had gunk in it
> > and claimed that they had never had a problem before,
> > but was more than willing to redo the work (more than
> > I can say for my soon-to-be-former VW mechanic). Any
> > opinion on which route to take? While it would be
> > cheaper to let them re-clean, the last thing I want is
> > any more trouble out of this - ever.
> >
> > What would you do? Any advice on backyard Seattle
> > mechanics who could install a new tank cheerfully
> > accepted!
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Curt Newsome
> > '85 Westy
>
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Thanks,
Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
85' GL (sidelined but to be resurected in the near future)
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