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On 14 Feb 2005 at 13:01, Constantino Tobio wrote: > A lot of folks recommend putting the fuel filter on the suction side > of the fuel pump as opposed to the discharge side. The rationale being > that it keeps gunk from getting in the fuel pump. I personally like > this idea. Can anyone come up with a negative? Toby's new car is FI, and the FI filters always go in front of the pump. This is both for the reason you gave and because the filter can't take the pump output pressure. > One other thing that might be worth checking out is the condition of > the fuel suction sock on the inside of the tank. Very good thought. > Was the gunk in your filter really black or red-brown? Red would tell you > there's an awful lot of rust in there- something you might want to take a > look at if you have water accumulation. It's usually just mud from dirt that came in thru a broken overflow hose, but the dirt comes in with water, and that leads to rust. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~