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• Good fuel filter arrangement?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:51:22 -0700
  ...gas tank > small square plastic filter > fuel pump > large round metal filter > ring line As shown on Bentley 20.26 I read on the...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:01:48 -0400
  ...Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers > Then one wonders why VW thought it adequate on 86 and later vans to have > only the large downstream...
• Re: if not one thing its another, fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 07:32:52 -0700
  ...Typically, detach the fuel line coming from the tank and drain the fuel filter into a clean container. If you see crud change the...
• Re: Fuel Hose Adapter Part #?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:10:53 -0800
  ...No square plastic filter in the system at all. Sounds like I have some sort of hybrid. Question: Does the small plastic fuel filter...
• Fuel Filter and Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:15:18 -0400
  does the fuel filter mount between the fuel tank and the electric pump or does it mount after the fuel pump???? [text/html]
• PN question ("step down" hose from pump to filter)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:52:24 -0700
  ...Has anyone used this in conjunction with the larger metal "can" type fuel filters? I have the metal filter already. Is this type of...
• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:35:21 -0400
  ...Placement of Fuel Filter Shawn Wright wrote: <snip> Anyone know why the fuel filter is placed after the pump in the digifant system? I...
• Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:28:14 CDT
  ...Ordered a new fuel filter from >one of our list vendors and received a Bosch metal one - apparently good. > >The old fuel filter that...
• Re: [Syncro] Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:13:48 -0500
  ...Many cars (VW, Audi, Nissan) have the fuel filter in hot-spots) Cool fuel is constantly flowing through the filter in the circuit form...
• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:01:12 -0700
  ...Does your '85 not have a filter before the pump? If your fuel pump whines, it is probably starved for fuel at the inlet...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 12:03:32 -0800
  ...fuel filter > Hello all-- > > I'm in the middle of changing the fuel filter on my '84 Westy and have hit a > stumbling block...
• Re: [Syncro] Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - mark lortie
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:13:00 -0800
  ...Insert the fuel filter in > place of the nipple and use the nipple in place of the original fuel filter. > Using the nipple in...
• fuel pump fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:33:25 -0500
  ...my 85 has the fuel filter installed after the fuel pump (down stream) is this for real? the brackets only allow this config,but...
• Stumbling after fuel filter change
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:11:25 -0500
  ...After looking at the usual suspects I checked the fuel filter and it was filthy. Changed both the plastic fuel filter pre-fuel pump...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:18:10 -0500
  ...fuel filter > Hello all-- > > I'm in the middle of changing the fuel filter on my '84 Westy and have hit a > stumbling block...
• Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:25:07 CDT
  ...Ordered a new fuel filter from >one of our list vendors and received a Bosch metal one - apparently good. > >The old fuel filter that...
• EV Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Nugent
  25 Jun 1996 09:54:48 U
  ...Time:9:48 AM OFFICE MEMO EV Fuel Filter Date:6/25/96 Hey all Anybody ever changed the fuel filter in their EV...
• Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:07:52 -0400
  Hi all, I have the square fuel filter on my 85. can I put the larger round filter in instead? Thanks jonathan
• Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:35:04 -0400
  ...Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you do? > The filter IS before the pump! The fact that the fuel...
• Re: Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:31:05 -0800
  ...Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter Has anyone who changed a fuel filter added an in line valve similar to plumbing valves...
• Was: Noisy fuel pump Now: Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:39:14 -0700
  ...Noisy fuel pump Now: Fuel Filters Problem I have is the gas line that comes out of the tank and goes into the black...
• Fram Gas filter
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:50:54 -0800
  ...Not sure I why I was calling the larger canister fuel filter a "charcoal" filter, as I was corrected once before about that and...
• syncro fuel filter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:29:16 -0700
  wrote a guide of sort, with pics, on how to remove the fuel filter on a syncro. Oh laugh it up 2wd folk, yeah...
• Re: $5 Fuel Filter! Really!
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:38:23 -0400
  While were on the subject of these fuel filters, is there any advantage or dissadvantage to intalling one of these metal filters on an...
• Re: Anyone know why VW discontinued the square pre-filter?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:51:10 -0700
  ...Fuel Filters The list wisdom when this subject has come up in the past is that VW instructed their dealers to eliminate the pre...
• Dual Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:42:53 -0400
  Here is what I have- '84 1.9l Calif Emission In-between the tank and fuel pump is a black square fuel filter and...
• Re: [Syncro] Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:18:20 -0500
  ...Shortly after we acquired our Syncro Westfalia, the fuel filter erupted and sprayed fuel all over our left rear wheel well, bad, but better...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:28:39 -0800
  Since I've a rusty fuel tank I've two filters between tank and pump- the opaque square one with the backflow prevention in...
• My '84 1.9L has two fuel filters!
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:11:21 -0800
  Hello - I went to my FLAPS the other day and bought a Bosch fuel filter (metal canister) to replace old one. Today I looked...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:59:11 -0800
  ...I changed the fuel filter 6 months ago and only have about 4,000 mile since then. I had similar experience with a fuel...
• Re: Failing Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 1994 07:24:44 -0700
  I would replace the fuel pump fuse and the fuel filter whether you think you need to or not. A plugged fuel filter can...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:38:58 -0500
  ...fuel pump fuel filter > > >> That's the "correct" configuration Mike, if it's the big metal can, >> though >> many of us have added the...
• Fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Graham Janson
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:17:04 +0300
  Yep, that sounds like a clogged filter to me. I had the same problem (buzzing from the fuel pump.) and it was solved by...
• Re: Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:57:10 -0400
  ...Fuel filter Hi all, I have the square fuel filter on my 85. can I put the larger round filter in instead? Thanks jonathan
• Re: fuel tank outlet vs fuel filter inlet
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 16 May 2010 21:05:30 -0400
  ...either my fuel tank was specifically designed with a larger outlet to > not use that filter and to plumb right to the fuel pump...
• Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 22:04:53 -0400
  ...Ordered a new fuel filter from > one of our list vendors and received a Bosch metal one - apparently good. > > The old fuel filter that...
• Re: pre-pump fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 12:54:30 -0700
  ...BTDT db25 wrote: > I have a question concerning the fuel filter in front of the fuel pump. I > understand that there was either a...
• Re: fuel pump straining and hose leaking question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 18:01:46 -0700
  a restricted fuel filter would explain the leak between filter and pump. The system runs at a regulated 34 psi or so. 'if' you...
• Re: Subject: Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:12:09 -0400
  ...Fuel filter Hi all, I have the square fuel filter on my 85. can I put the larger round filter in instead? Thanks jonathan
• Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - The Martins
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 07:45:25 -0600
  Is the small plastic fuel filter prior to the fuel pump interchangeable with the large metal one ? Thanks, LJ
• Re: $5 Fuel Filter! Really!
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:32:30 -0400
  My fuel pump has been whinning for a while so I decided it was time to replace BOTH of my fuel filters on my...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:19:29 +0000
  Fuel systems for years had the filter between the pump and the carberator. Of course diaphragm pumps only had to be protected from the...
• Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:48:01 -0700
  ...Might bad fuel have clogged the fuel filter ? It's looking like the owner's car had a fuel supply problem all along. I...
• Fuel and Tranny Filter ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:48:26 -0800
  91GL and doing prev maint...Changing fuel filterand air filter...any other items needed before change? Also doing tranny filter and gaskets. What sealant...
• Re: fuel filter: before, after, indifferent?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:52:12 -0800
  --- "Phillips, Andrew" <phillips@ISGS.UIUC.EDU> wrote: > How many of you add an additional filter between the > fuel tank and the pump? Drew Phillips...
• Re: 89 vanagon stalling-- fuel related
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 04:37:54 -0700
  ...Plugged fuel filter. Water in the fuel cause the filter media to swell. You could try a health dose of gas treatment designed to...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:25:09 -0800
  ...fuel pump fuel filter > That's the "correct" configuration Mike, if it's the big metal can, though > many of us have added the...
• Re: syncro fuel filter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:59:54 -0700
  ...syncro fuel filter replacement > wrote a guide of sort, with pics, on how to remove the fuel filter on > a syncro. > > Oh laugh it...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:08:52 -0600
  ...I have heard of fuel pumps disintegrating and sending crap down the line. What a horrible thing if the filter was on the other...
• Fuel filter/engine code.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:26:38 -0500
  ...Is this a stock filter? My records show the PO changed the fuel filter some years ago and I thought I would do it...
• Re: Subject: Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:12:37 -0700
  On a similar note, my 86 has the large round filter. When I replaced the fuel lines this spring, I planned to replace the...
• Re: Stumbling after fuel filter change
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:00:34 -0500
  ...After looking at the usual >> suspects I checked the fuel filter and it was filthy. Changed both >> the >> plastic fuel filter pre-fuel pump...
• Re: Fuel Filter and Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:34:47 -0800
  IMHO we should all be running a fuel filter in front of the fuel pump (and after). The fuel pump is expensive and a...
• Re: fuel tank outlet vs fuel filter inlet
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 16 May 2010 20:45:26 -0500
  Wix makes a lawn mower-looking metal fuel filter with 1/.2"x1/2" that I've had success using as a prefilter. Don...
• Re: 1.9L Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:24:18 -0400
  ...9L engines the fuel filter was the small square plastic filter > located between the fuel tank outlet and the fuel pump - however on the...
• Re: Fuel Tank R&R-Now Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:04:14 -0700
  oh fuel would get filtered all right. but you'd be expsoig the dirty side to the engine, and washing the junk into the...
• Gas Heater Fuel Connection
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Sat, 14 Jul 2018 21:02:16 -0400
  On my 84 camper, the tee fitting for the fuel line is immediately after the box filter upstream of the fuel pump. I plan...
• Re: $5 Fuel Filter! Really!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:46:57 -0600
  ...I have seen more supposed early vanagon fuel pump failures cured when I changed the fuel filter. With my tank still probably having some...
• Re: Fuel filter/engine code.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:56:07 -0500
  > I bought a new fuel filter to put on, a large silver canister. the > Haynes book shows a picture of it fitting aft of...
• Re: Fuel Filter and Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:23:27 -0800
  does the fuel filter mount between the fuel tank and the electric pump or does it mount after the fuel pump???? Yes. And no...