Date:         Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:11:40 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Good fuel filter arrangement?
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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Lot of rust in that photo (at least it looks that way to me).  Why are the tanks not made of polyethylene?  mcneely

---- mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:
> Other cut open tanks I have seen had a filter down there. If you examine
> those photos closely you can see that the 4 metal supports that come
> together in the center of the tank have been folded over at the ends
> near the canter. AFAIK, this is to make room for a filter assembly
> basket that snaps down into the center hole. Fuel passes through the
> fine mesh outside surface of the basket and then drops down that hole
> into the lowest part of the tank where the pickup is.
>
> Here is a different photo of what was said to be an 84 tank cut open,
> showing the filter basket fitted where the 4 supports are folded at the
> canter.
>
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/889180.jpg
>
> Mark
>
> neil n wrote:
> > Thanks for those pics.
> >
> > The new Brazilian tank I installed looks similar. So there's no filter in
> > depression at tank bottom?
> >
> > As per Dennis's post, I have to wonder if my high speed I-5 (70+ MPH) stall
> > wasn't due to the same issue; higher engine demand, hot ambient temps, (and
> > likely hotter than normal engine bay temps due my "ahem", design) all
> > causing hotter than normal fuel getting pumped out the smaller ID tank
> > outlet where cavitation may already have been occurring.
> >
> > My pump noise may well have been happening when my air cooled engine was
> > still installed. With a different somewhat quieter engine, the noise may
> > have become more apparent.
> >
> > Thanks for posting your experiences Jack. (and your reply Dennis) This may
> > have shed some light on my mystery stall.
> >
> > Neil.
>
> >> http://s197.photobucket.com/**albums/aa190/becida/84%20Fuel%**20tank/<http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa190/becida/84%20Fuel%20tank/>I found nothing inside the tank. Someone later showed me a Samba picture of
> >> the tank with a big screen one the sump that mine didn't have.
> >>
> >>

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David McNeely