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On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 20:56 -0400, Constantino Tobio wrote: > 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. > Most fuel filters are rated at 30 micron filtration. -- russw <russw@classicvw.org> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~