Cary:

I've read somewhere that there *is* some sort of strainer in the tank,
but whether it's the "sock" you mention or something else, I have no
idea.  Since there's no real internal access to the tank, I assume that
once this "sock" collapses there's nothing you can do about it?

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 GMBulley@aol.com wrote:

> Do VW tanks have a little metal filter "sock" inside the tank, on the pick-up
> tube? I can't recall what vehicle I have worked on that had this little
> permanent sock, but the idea was to catch major chunks of crud prior to their
> arrival at the filter. Unfortunately, they become clogged, collapse, and
> restrict fuel flow. Just an idea.

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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