I like the idea of BOTH filters...but I tend to be a king of overkill...

Maybe after VW looked at the fact that the fuel pump wouldn't be negatively
affected by CRUD that would fit into a line going into the fuel pump...I am
not agreeing with that...and then they decided that if one of the components
of the fuel pump itself were to breakdown, they wouldn't want that to be
forced into an injector....

Just some senseless thought around why they did what they did...

Maybe I will add the larger filter after the fuel pump on my 85's :-)

Dave
85 GL "Baby Bus"
85 "Goldy"

On 8/15/06, Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I don't remember the year it all changed, but THE ONLY fuel filter on my
> 83.5
> Westy from the factory is that square plastic fuel filter. It's before the
> fuel pump--that is to say between the gas tank and the fuel pump.
>
> That larger round metal canister fuel filter, as Dennis said, was
> installed
> after the fuel pump.
>
> 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?
>
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA
>

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