At 04:33 AM 8/15/2006 -0400, Jeff Oxroad wrote:
>Question I have is: don't we want a filter before the pump to keep crud out
>of the pump? And then, on the newer models is the canister filter AFTER the
>pump the only filter?

Yes, and yes... go figure. I've seen posts claiming that the newer models
came with *two* filters, and the old square one was to be removed at the
first service interval. It seems that VW was concerned about lingering
manufacturing crud killing the pump, but assumed they'd be fine thereafter.
Aging, rusting gas tanks were apparently not considered (that's a
post-warrantee problem :-).

I've seen a lot of posts on this list about failed fuel pumps, but the one
on my '85 (filtered before the pump) appears to be an original (the level
of corrosion on the bracket hardware convinces me... when the pump fails,
I'll need a bracket as well).

My brains 'idle speculation center' wonders if there's a correlation, but
my 'laziness cortex' prevents me from collecting and tabulating the data.

Tim