Eric:

All VW Diesels I have had have had the separator built in to the fuel
filter itself.  The filter is mounted upright and there is a drain cock on
the bottom of the filter for periodic draining.  However, there is no sight
glass, so you must either drain at regular intervals or wait until you get
a bad batch of fuel and drain in desperation!

Maynard
'82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt"
'93 EV GL "Klinger"
'00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo"

On Monday, December 27, 1999 12:18 AM, EMZ [SMTP:vw4x4@FYI.NET] wrote:
>    List/diesel people,
>
>      Does the diesel Vanagon have a water separators in there fuel
> system? Anyone know if all diesel motors need these? Our new (to us) Tow
> Truck obviously is missing this unit. I'm wondering if we need this and
> what kind of problems we are going to get into without this?
>     Diesels are new to me. Gas engines are begining to have much less
> of an appeal. This truck obviouly is getting around 18 MPG. This
> is as good as my Syncro with the drive shaft in.
>
>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>             vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler