I'm pretty sure mine is original.  It is small, white, and plastic.  The
only thing I am definite about, though, is that the outlet is larger than
the inlet.  Can anyone confirm the setup of the original ones?

It's on an 81 gasoline btw

ds

At 20:50 4/30/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>Not trying to argue here but to the best of my knowledge the factory
>filter has the same inlet and outlet sizes on the filter.
>
>It is a square plastic filter.  You are not required to use the original
>style-any inline filter that will fit your gas lines will work.  Just make
>sure you hook it up correctly so the flow is going towards the engine.
>
>Paul
>'82 Vanagon