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Subject:Re: location of fuel filter 85 vanagon
From:Austin
Date:Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:28:08 -0700

At 12:12 PM 6/2/98 -0700, you wrote:

>  On my 85 Westy, the fuel filter is visable from under the van. There is
>only about 20 inches of fuel line between the gas tank and the fuel pump,
>and then about 8 more inches to the fuel filter.
>
>         TOP VIEW
>     +-------------+
>     |    spare    |  front pasanger side
>     |    tire     |
>    | |  +-----+  | |
>    | |  | gas |  | |
>     |   | tank|   |
>     |   +-----+   |
>     |    |   |    |   return hose is on drivers side
>     |    |   +--+ |   supply hose is on passenger side
>     |    |      | %
>     |    |      # %  fuel pump           The percent signs "%"
>     |    |      | %                      mark the position of the door
>     |    |      # %  fuel filter
>     |    |      | %
>
>Bob
>85 westy
>
Anybody have any thoughts about an additional filter B4 the pump - ie,
between the fuel tank & the pump (so 'stuff' from the tank doesn't end up
going thru the pump)?

Austin