Making Verona, WI Nervous With Gatherings of Buses

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Happyfolk
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Re: Making Verona, WI Nervous With Gatherings of Buses

Post by Happyfolk » Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:33 am

Happyfolk wrote: The engine is running better than ever but it still gets an occasional slight hesitation, usually just after upshifting into 3rd up a hill. I'm going to replace the fuel filter and see if that helps.

Mike
Colin,

I replaced the fuel filter. The hesitation is gone! The old filter was full of sand and rubber bits. The old filler neck was replaced when I first got the bus since it was crumbling so bad. Some of this stuff is probably bits of the old neck.

Here's the filter ripped open and the pile of stuff that was in it:
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Do your clogged filters get this full? :geek:

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Re: Making Verona, WI Nervous With Gatherings of Buses

Post by SlowLane » Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:16 pm

Happyfolk wrote: Here's the filter ripped open and the pile of stuff that was in it:
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Wow. If my tank had that much crap in it, I'd be tempted to install one of these:
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Here's why.

I almost pulled the trigger on acquiring one of those filters last fall. Turned out that a new fuel tank was cheaper (for a Vanagon, anyways.)

Now, I'm reminded that my old '69 and '71 had mesh socks in the fuel outlet of the tank. Did VW do away with the internal mesh socks when they put fuel injection in the type II?
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Re: Making Verona, WI Nervous With Gatherings of Buses

Post by Amskeptic » Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:58 pm

Happyfolk wrote:Colin,
I replaced the fuel filter. The hesitation is gone! The old filter was full of sand and rubber bits.
Do your clogged filters get this full? :geek:
First, congratulations. You shall earn the joy of a flawlessly running air-cooled Volkswagen.


Second, heck yeah, every damn day:

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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Making Verona, WI Nervous With Gatherings of Buses

Post by Amskeptic » Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:02 pm

SlowLane wrote:my old '69 and '71 had mesh socks in the fuel outlet of the tank. Did VW do away with the internal mesh socks when they put fuel injection in the type II?
Yes. Lawdy yes. I have eaten small rocks spewing from my fuel line-to-filter.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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