Eric: All VW Diesels I have had have had the separator built in to the fuel filter itself. The filter is mounted upright and there is a drain cock on the bottom of the filter for periodic draining. However, there is no sight glass, so you must either drain at regular intervals or wait until you get a bad batch of fuel and drain in desperation! Maynard '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" '93 EV GL "Klinger" '00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo" On Monday, December 27, 1999 12:18 AM, EMZ [SMTP:vw4x4@FYI.NET] wrote: > List/diesel people, > > Does the diesel Vanagon have a water separators in there fuel > system? Anyone know if all diesel motors need these? Our new (to us) Tow > Truck obviously is missing this unit. I'm wondering if we need this and > what kind of problems we are going to get into without this? > Diesels are new to me. Gas engines are begining to have much less > of an appeal. This truck obviouly is getting around 18 MPG. This > is as good as my Syncro with the drive shaft in. > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler |
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