Herr Dr. You are exactly right.
Shortly after we acquired our Syncro Westfalia, the fuel filter erupted and
sprayed fuel all over our left rear wheel well, bad, but better than onto the
engine.
-Larry

"Dr. Rainer Woitok" wrote:

> From: "Dr. Rainer Woitok" <woitok@rrze.uni-erlangen.de>
>
> Mark and others,
>
> On Tue, 1999-12-28 09:21:06 PST, Mark McCulley wrote:
>
> > ...
> >
> > I relocated the fuel filter on my 87 syncro to a much more accessible
> > location in the engine compartment.
> > ...
> > The new filter sits above the engine near the firewall where the fuel lines
> > enter the engine compartment.
>
> I really hate to rain on your  party, but sometimes fuel filters corrode
> and start dripping ... :-(
>
> In your case gas would then drip onto the hot engine ...
>
> Sincerely
>  Rainer
>
> '89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16"