Date:         Fri, 08 Nov 1996 20:08:21 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         John Anderson <vwbus@netbiz.net>
Subject:      Re: Fuel tank replacement problem

Milne, Andy wrote:

> >going into the fuel pump.  VW used to have an adapter, according to the
> >dealer's parts guy, but it looks like they no longer stock it.
> >
> >Has anyone else run into this problem and found a way around it?  Any help

Actually the only larger tank outlets I have seen are on the aircooled
Vanagon with gas heater.  The '85 and the '88 tank I bought for it both
featured a outlet and inlet on return side for the normal 6? mm fuel
line.  However the '81 has this monster like 10-12 mm outlet then a T
for the gas heater and for the f.i. pump.  Which brings me to a
question, I know there exists a BIG, BIG bus style fuel filter, I can
find the normal little to big and the little to little, but I really
need a big to big to go in front of the T.  The PO put a teeny little
bug style plastic filter in the HIGH PRESSURE side of the system,
terrifying, I replaced it with a metal canned job, the best I could
find.  The problem is the hose from tank to T is massive, I'm about to
use one of those Purolator glass see through jobs as it is the only
thing I can find with 3/8" fittings (about what it will take), but
they scare me as well and offer fairly poor filtration, might be fine
for a carbed vehicle not for this.  I know the Bosch big/big exists just
can't quite find it.  Anybody got an idea of a part number.

John
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