> > pump then to the carb. Time to time my Dad unclip the glass jar and clean > when he sees some dirt/water in there at the bottom of jar..
We called that the sediment bowl, typically built into the fuel pump if I'm remembering aright. First time I met a metal one that had to be removed to check it I felt cheated. But in a modern injector engine, any dirt ending up in that bowl would indicate that the fuel filter had burst or some such, and injector trouble would be not long behind. Yrs, d ps -- ah, I remember about the metal bowl. USAA made us replace the glass one on Scamp with metal as a condition of insurance. She had a bronze-cased "filter" that was more of a strainer, and then the sediment bowl. |
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