Glass fuel filters- What are your thoughts?, Yea or Ney? |
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Glass fuel filters- What are your thoughts?, Yea or Ney? |
URY914 |
Oct 23 2009, 02:23 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 121,115 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
These things have been around for a long time. VW guys have been using them forever. Advanages being you can see the junk thru the glass and you can clean and reuse them. They are cheap at about $8.00.
Down side is they are glass and can break. IIRC they are not SCCA legal for this reason. If you use them do you install them in the engine compartment where it is less likely to be hit by a rock and break. But when they do break they allow gas to cover the engine. Or do you mount them up under the engine shelf out of the way so when they break they dump gas on the road? Has anyone ever heard of one breaking? I have one for my street car and don't know if I should install it or get a typical OEM plastic/steel body one from my FLAPS. What say you??? Attached image(s) |
ClayPerrine |
Oct 24 2009, 10:35 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,537 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
I use a small Ford carburetor fuel filter in front of the FI pump. This is on the suction side of the pump, so it never receives any high pressure. I found one that has the same size fitting as the large line on the tank, and the other side is a threaded pipe fitting. I hook a barb that has the same size fitting as the pump to it. That keeps the crap out of the pump. I did this because the sock in the tank had disintegrated, and when I checked they were NLA.
On the pressure side of the FI pump, before the injectors, I put in a filter from a Fuel Injected Nissan. It is quite capable of handling over 60 psi, and has the proper size fittings on both the inlet and the outlet to insert inline inside the engine compartment. I don't remember the part number on the Ford filter, but it is a common one. I pull the old one and go buy a new one. The inline filter was the same one used on my 87 Nissan Pulsar. |
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