Date:         Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:51:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Good fuel filter arrangement?
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I'm poking through the fuel delivery system right now, seeking the cause
for the start/stop syndrome I had to deal with last week. One area I'm
looking at is the fuel filter setup.

On my van ('84, 1.9L) the arrangement is like this:

gas tank > small square plastic filter > fuel pump > large round metal
filter > ring line

As shown on Bentley 20.26

I read on the Bus Depot web site that, "Some 84 and older models still
sport the small capacity square plastic filter. VW determined that the
flow was restrictive and upgraded to the larger capacity metal fuel
filter for later years."

And they sell adapter kits, one consisting of a simple 7mm-to-12mm
adapter that lets a fellow bypass the small square plastic filter, to
one that replaces it with the metal type.

Which seems like it would put one round metal type before the pump, and
one (the existing one) after it?

To heck with all that -- what's the good setup for fuel filtering?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.