Found the fuel filter.... Options

[advman89]

Does this look correct? This is on the passenger side, in front of the rear tire. I had been looking for something like the Mahle canister.



(Sorry for the bad pic!)
Pelican sent me a Mahle filter...round, not square...can I use this?
Part# 311-133-511-D-M67
Mahle KL 11 OF

1971 Car, 2.0 with some various bits from a 1975...just trying to sort what's what.

[VaccaRabite]

Yes, but not in the engine bay!

It has to be low - lower then the gas tank or there isnt any fuel gravity fed to the pump. Its own issue.

most people relocate them to the front trunk under the gas tank, or under the front trunk near the steering rack.

The factory changed the location in 75-76 cars and had an opening low on the pass side of the front trunk under the tank, and many people re-create that with earlier cars. Its a much better set up.

Zach

[SirAndy]

The factory changed the location in 75-76 cars and had an opening low on the pass side of the front trunk under the tank, and many people re-create that with earlier cars. Its a much better set up.

One thing to consider when relocating the fuel pump to the front:

With the old stock setup the plastic lines through the center tunnel were LOW pressure with the pump sucking fuel through them and the filter, then building pressure in only a short run of fuel lines from just under the engine shelf.

If you relocate the pump (and filter) to the front, you are now running HIGH pressure through 40 year old plastic fuel lines that were never designed to handle such pressure.

When i did my conversion, i had to mount the pump under the tank (993 pumps aren't good at sucking) so i replaced the plastic lines with the stainless steel fuel lines through the center tunnel.
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[Jamie]

The factory changed the location in 75-76 cars and had an opening low on the pass side of the front trunk under the tank, and many people re-create that with earlier cars. Its a much better set up.

One thing to consider when relocating the fuel pump to the front:

With the old stock setup the plastic lines through the center tunnel were LOW pressure with the pump sucking fuel through them and the filter, then building pressure in only a short run of fuel lines from just under the engine shelf.

If you relocate the pump (and filter) to the front, you are now running HIGH pressure through 40 year old plastic fuel lines that were never designed to handle such pressure.

When i did my conversion, i had to mount the pump under the tank (993 pumps aren't good at sucking) so i replaced the plastic lines with the stainless steel fuel lines through the center tunnel.
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What material did the factory use for fuel lines through the tunnel when fuel pump was relocated to the front?