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Dave Hall wrote: > Could be - I found a lot of similar dust in a fuel filter in another type of car > (VW Type 86) after a filler pipe was re-brazed on by a specialist company. I > only have the tank gauze and fuel-pump mesh on my Type 3. I did replace a > rusted fuel filler neck a year ago - that was very bad externally, but only a > few actual specks on the inside of the neck. > That rust could conceivably also be from the gas stations' own tanks. Yeah, they have filters too inside the pumps, but again, small particles getting through. I would imagine filling up at the gas station right after the tanker has visited would stir up all sorts of nasties into the pumps. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~