I'm resealing the tank on my 89 today ... and yesterday (everything takes me 4X longer than regular people)... and anyway I am trying to reverse VW's bizarre decision to delete the large-particle pre-pump fuel filter (square one) and add one. So I bought the correct filter (at least according to the VW parts place) and I'm finding that the outlet on my fuel tank has a much larger ID than the inlet on the fuel filter. The outlet on the filter is actually larger, back up to the ID of the tank outlet, which matches the inlet on the fuel pump. So... either my fuel tank was specifically designed with a larger outlet to not use that filter and to plumb right to the fuel pump, or I bought the wrong fuel filter, or there's something else missing I can't imagine what. Please advise, oh wise list. I'm concerned that all my fuel tank manipulation and tilting and whatnot have dislodged some of those larger particles and I'd rather not send them through my fuel pump when I hook this sucker back up. One thing I'd thought of was picking up a PCV valve that has the two different diameter ports on it, and throwing it inline to step down the diameter prior to the filter. But I am not sure that randomly throwing valves around is a super good idea. -Peter |
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