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> Glass fuel filters- What are your thoughts?, Yea or Ney?
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post Oct 23 2009, 02:23 PM
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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.

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post Oct 23 2009, 02:27 PM
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I wouldn't install one of these on a person's car I didn't like. . . These are the source of many car fires. I would just use the stock non-see-through filters. Use a sharpie to date them and then change them yearly.
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post Oct 23 2009, 02:28 PM
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I would not use one on my lawn mower let alone a Porsche.
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post Oct 23 2009, 02:35 PM
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Not to mention they're just not good enough for FI applications ..................

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post Oct 23 2009, 02:46 PM
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Duel Weber installation here.

I won't use a plastic body one in the engine compartment at anytime.
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post Oct 23 2009, 02:50 PM
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they have clear plastic ones, too... I don't like the glass ones... at all.

I use a clear plastic one.
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post Oct 23 2009, 02:54 PM
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QUOTE(tat2dphreak @ Oct 23 2009, 01:50 PM) *

they have clear plastic ones, too... I don't like the glass ones... at all.

I use a clear plastic one.



Mounted where?
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post Oct 23 2009, 03:06 PM
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From THESAMBA.com

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic...ass+fuel+filter

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post Oct 23 2009, 03:08 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) Glass and plastic are crap.plastic can melt and leak. glass can break and leak..I have removed more of those pieces of crap than i care to recall....metal large cannister filters are the least expensive to use, and are readly available at most all parts places/autozone/napa/etc. and have various inlet and outlet sizes to suit your particular fuel line size. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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post Oct 23 2009, 03:13 PM
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From reading all the replys on Samba (there were more than the ones I linked) it seems tha glass ones can come loose and unscrew. I'll go with a steel housing and mount it up front just after the tank.
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post Oct 23 2009, 03:38 PM
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QUOTE(URY914 @ Oct 23 2009, 05:13 PM) *

From reading all the replys on Samba (there were more than the ones I linked) it seems tha glass ones can come loose and unscrew. I'll go with a steel housing and mount it up front just after the tank.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) GREAT...smart move. BTW I forgot ...the filter elements in those metal fuel filters WILL TRAP WATER...maybe not all of it but some, they are cheap enough to replace often...keeping water out of the weber float boals, which are not drainable unless removed.PIAsssssss. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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post Oct 23 2009, 04:29 PM
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I got an all aluminium one with a stone filter that can be washed.
It has worked for many years and its simple to vice grip the hoses, unscrew the unit, pull out the stone and blow it out with carb cleaner once per year...works fine and does not leak.

It was a no name unit I got at a local race shop...nice unit.

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post Oct 23 2009, 06:14 PM
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QUOTE(URY914 @ Oct 23 2009, 01:13 PM) *

From reading all the replys on Samba (there were more than the ones I linked) it seems tha glass ones can come loose and unscrew. I'll go with a steel housing and mount it up front just after the tank.



I installed a standard metal cased filter up front between the tank and the front mounted fuel pump. I also installed another steel cased fuel filter in the engine compartment next to the battery. Should be plenty to keep my Webers clean on the 3.0.
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post Oct 23 2009, 06:31 PM
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Nay!!

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post Oct 23 2009, 07:48 PM
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Nay. I use a metal can type.
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post Oct 23 2009, 08:24 PM
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I agree about the glass type...not good...Rick, where did you get the metal can type filters? Do you have any pics of what they look like?
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post Oct 23 2009, 08:34 PM
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I went to three FLAPS today looking for fuel filters on the shelves. Seems FLAPS doesn't display them next to the oil and air filters like they used to. If I was to ask the numbnuts at the counter he would only be able to look up by model/year on the 'puter. I went to Wal-Mart and they had three Fram steel can types, so I picked one up. $8.49. About 1 1/2" in diameter.


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post Oct 23 2009, 08:37 PM
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This work is a result of me driving my car to work everyday this week and having it run like shit by the end of the day. Every night I've cleaned out the idle jets and found them blocked with crap. Today I took the day off and pulled the gas tank out and drained it. Found a good bit of sediment in the filter sock.



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And the hose between the tank and the fuel line in the tunnel? It was crap also.
An accident waiting to happen...


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post Oct 23 2009, 08:41 PM
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Now I have a clean tank, new hoses, and new filter. It also didn't have a fuel pressure regulater so I added one. I'll finish the install tomorrow a.m.
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