The Napa guy will tell u the same.  Sounds like a good idea to me, but what
do I know!  As long as it is changed regularly and does not stress the fuel
pump.....
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:34 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I don't think it is...I believe I saw it while searching for Bug parts.
>> Not sure though.
>> Michael in San Antonio
>> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>> 73 Beetle
>>
>>
>>
> I was just wondering why they stopped using them in later vans.
> Is there a reason why I can't keep running with my filter as adapter?  Do
> they cause any problems?  It seems to me that filtering the fuel before the
> pump is a good thing.
>
> John Meeks
>
>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:40 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I replaced my rusty crusty fuel tank today with a lightly used tank from
>>> my
>>> son's crashed '85. It has the smaller outlet pipe and of course I hadn't
>>> planned ahead enough to have a 7 to 11 mm adapter on hand.  I had to use
>>> one
>>> of those square filters (mileage unknown) to adapt the tank outlet to the
>>> fuel pump.
>>>
>>> It runs just fine, but it got me wondering why the square pre-pump filter
>>> was discontinued.
>>>
>>> Anyone know?
>>> John Meeks
>>>
>>> '91 Multivan
>>> Northern Michigan
>>>
>>> Vanagon Rescue Squad
>>> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
>>>
>>> Radio Call:KC8ZFN
>>>
>>
>>
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