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On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 12:01, 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? If you put a filter on the pressure side of the pump, it has to be a pressure type filter. AND, they are a LOT more expensive. I know, because I work for the worlds largest filter manufacturer. Mahle Filter Systems. 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. > > One other thing that might be worth checking out is the condition of > the fuel suction sock on the inside of the tank (and the inside of the > tank in general). 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. Yeah, Toby, You might want to check the overflow hose on the gas tank. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~