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never on the pressure side in this case(F.I.!!!)Much higher pressure
involved. "Michael Cecil" > wrote in message ... > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:56:08 GMT, Red Bug > wrote: > >>In article >, >> Jan Andersson > wrote: >> >>> BEFORE the pump? >>> >>> Never on the pressure side! >> >>Why? I've used them there for thirty years with no problem... I change >>them at least once a year (car stays in storage all winter). >> >>I know about the issue of ones left too long being a fire hazard from >>cracking and then leaking, but I change them so often that I'm not all >>that concerned. > > Do you have a fire extinguisher in your car? > > -- > Michael Cecil > http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ |
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"ilambert" > wrote: > never on the pressure side in this case (F.I.!!!) Much higher pressure > involved. Mine is regular stock mechanical with stnd. carb. setup (1961) so hardly any pressure involved. -- ___ |___| '61 - VW (o\_|_/o) Bug! ALEA -- 35.9 BHP and not a bit more! _U_____U_ |
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Red Bug wrote:
> > In article >, > "ilambert" > wrote: > > > never on the pressure side in this case (F.I.!!!) Much higher pressure > > involved. > > Mine is regular stock mechanical with stnd. carb. setup (1961) so hardly > any pressure involved. It's not just pressure you have to worry about. You also need to think of the added WEIGHT of a gasoline filled container suspended in and by the gas line. The filter will move around and it will repeatedly send "shocks" to the hose fittings as you drive, and the carb top fitting is known to be a weak spot. It will pull out of the aluminum and you will then have gasoline spraying all over the engine compartment. It's the number 1 reason for engine fires in an aircooled VW. There's plenty of pressure in the line too btw. I have heard of incidents where a plastic filter housing has cracked from a seam under pressure. Possibly a faulty filter, but still? There's no risk of that on the suction side. Just avoid the unnecessary risks and keep the filter on the suction side of the pump. It's so easy that there's no real reason NOT to move the filter there the next time you replace your fuel lines. Which you should do every 5 years or wo on average. Depends on your climate and quality of gasoline. (I've personally experienced a nasty leak due to a 2 year old braided fuel hose cracking... it just got so brittle you couldn't bend it without cracking it..) Jan |
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 01:08:32 GMT, Red Bug > wrote:
>In article >, > "ilambert" > wrote: > >> never on the pressure side in this case (F.I.!!!) Much higher pressure >> involved. > >Mine is regular stock mechanical with stnd. carb. setup (1961) so hardly >any pressure involved. Yeah. I just had a regular carb setup on my Jeep and had one of those littl plastic fuel filters in-between the fuel pump and the carb like you describe. Worked great for me. http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep/fire/18.jpg You have nothing to worry about. --- Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden |
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Hah! Well I am glad that I posted that or I would have never known I
was putting my Bug in danger. This is how the VW shop installed the filter when the engine was rebuilt 5 or so years ago. I never thought to question it. Having bought an extra foot or so of rubber hose, I should be able to move that filter today with some slicing, dicing, and re-clamping. Thanks for the heads up. -Ray |
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"Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
... > > as for the gas tank Tim Rogers of this very newsgroup > has reported good results with a tank from Advance Auto Parts. > > .............A word of caution, Ben. These autoparts companies change suppliers from time to time. What you really want, is a new tank that's made by a manufacturer in Canada. I don't remember their name but they're probably the only Canadian manufacturer of new replacement gas tanks. Just be sure that your FLAPS knows that the country of origin of that new gas tank is Canadian and it'll probably be comparable to OEM quality like the one that I bought. |
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Not a bad idea, if I were to ever need a tank I'd probably still try that route. The beautiful part is that if it comes
to you and it sucks, you can refuse and move on with your life. A couple years back I had my tank sealed up and it's been fine ever since. "Tim Rogers" > wrote in message ... > "Ben Boyle" > wrote in message > ... > > > > as for the gas tank Tim Rogers of this very newsgroup > > has reported good results with a tank from Advance Auto Parts. > > > > > > ............A word of caution, Ben. These autoparts companies change > suppliers from time to time. What you really want, is a new tank that's made > by a manufacturer in Canada. I don't remember their name but they're > probably the only Canadian manufacturer of new replacement gas tanks. Just > be sure that your FLAPS knows that the country of origin of that new gas > tank is Canadian and it'll probably be comparable to OEM quality like the > one that I bought. > > |
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On 10 Dec 2004 11:39:09 -0800, "Ray Dios Haque" >
scribbled this interesting note: >If you are in depserate need of a clean/new fuel tank, invest in fuel >filters. You 'should' have two installed. One just below the tank in >the front of the car (connecting between the small piece of rubber line >coming out of the bottom). And a second in the engine cabinet between >the pump and your carb. > >I like to go with those cheap paper filters (the clear plastic covered >ones). That way you can get a quick look at how dirty it is when >checking your oil. > >This is of course just buying time until you can get around to that new >tank. I have been swapping filters every couple of weeks for a few >months. I probably could have bought that new tank by now if I had >thrown those dollars into a piggy bank. ;-) You should already have two filters installed by VW when the car was made. One is actually in the tank and the other is actually in the fuel pump. If your fuels system is clean then those two filters are all you need. The filter in the tank is a regular maintenance item that should be removed, inspected, and cleaned or replaced periodically. If you feel the need for more filtration (and there is no real need since, as I've read, there are no passages in a stock carburetor that are smaller than what these two stock filters will allow to pass), then the best place is directly under the tank. Google "engine fire" on ramva. See how often folks post about their cars catching on fire because that little brass nipple that is merely pressed into the carburetor has worked out because of the extra mass of that little nugget of gasoline wiggling around between the pump and carburetor. Why risk it? -- John Willis (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me) |
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:42:09 -0600, John Willis
> wrote: > >Google "engine fire" on ramva. See how often folks post about their >cars catching on fire because that little brass nipple that is merely >pressed into the carburetor has worked out because of the extra mass >of that little nugget of gasoline wiggling around between the pump and >carburetor. Why risk it? Because it'll never happen to me. Again. :-) --- Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden |
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