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On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 21:04, Dave Pallo wrote: > [[[On the suction side, the filter can be about anything with 5/16"/8mm > fittings. At the current time, I think the one on my '71 says "Cushman" on > it. They were throwing some out, and I grabbed them. I do have a supply now > of the original square style.]]] > > Hey Russ....(since you work with filters).........do you believe that the > original square style filters provide any better filtering properties than > the clear plastic purolator filters??? > It all depends on the filter media used in the filter, and the surface area of the filter media. The more area, the longer it will last. The smaller the micron rating the better it filters. We typically use 30 micron or less filter media. And we use the area spec'd by the customer. I would never use a plastic filter in a pressure mode. By this I mean after the pump, be it FI or carbed. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~