On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:43:40 EST, Jeff Ensing <Kjmmensing@AOL.COM> wrote:

>Its crazy but I have been dealing with a rusty tank for a year now on a
>daily driver.
>I installed a Fram filter 3/ 8 clear cartridge type from Wall mart   $3.50
>in front of the pump.
>I have gone through probably five of theses filters in the year . I have
>continually had to pinch off the line w/ a vise grip and pull the filter loose
>and knock out the rust so I get another couple tank fulls and than every  now
>and than I splurge and put a new filter on.
>The pump always gets loud and lets me know when it's time to clean the
>filter.
>I have not had to replace the original VW filter yet.
>I started out with one of those glass hot rod filters with the changeable
>element but they clogged very quickly and did not filter small enough particle
>size so at one point the pump locked up on me (eight hundred miles from  home)
>  I was able to pull the power and ground loose and switch them  to reverse
>the pump and it restarted and flushed the rust back out the inlet .I  put it
>back together normal and it has been going strong for another 10 k aside  from
>still having to clean the filter every now and then.
>One of these days I might actually replace that tank!   Probably  when a
>cheap one finds its way to laying at  my feet.
>
>Anyway,  I highly recommend running a pre-pump  filter to  everyone.
>
>
>Jeff E
>87' Westy "weekender"
>Atlanta, GA.

Jeff:
My experience exactly. If I wrote it, I wouldn't change a single word.
Except, thanks to Robert Keezer, I found one at my feet for $40. Thanks, Robert.
Al Brase