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Subject:Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns [addt'l-addt'l info]
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:37:35 -0700

Weird.

"Where does Mellow Yellow keep its fuel filter(s)? Normal candidates are
small square one before and/or very large cylindrical one after."

Reading from the fuel tank aftwards, I see

Boxy USA/Canada filter > fuel pump > larger Cali filter > to ring line.

Bentley doesn't show two filters as an option, just one or t'other.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/18/2012 11:14 AM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 12:33 PM 8/18/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> asked whether the fuel pump had been buzzing when the engine was acting
>> wonky. I cannot say with any certainty whether I noticed that -- engine
>> noise and road noise, windows down -- but at some point on the trip I
>> did hear a not-loud but audible buzzing sound from behind.
>
> This would tend to indicate a problem on the suction side of the pump.
> Where does Mellow Yellow keep its fuel filter(s)? Normal candidates are
> small square one before and/or very large cylindrical one after. If the
> one before gets clogged it will cause cavitation, likewise if the tank
> inlet is obstructed.
>
> Yrs,
> d