Found the fuel filter.... |
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Found the fuel filter.... |
advman89 |
Jul 22 2019, 09:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 120 Joined: 8-July 19 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 23,286 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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 |
Aug 26 2019, 10:10 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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 |
Aug 26 2019, 11:55 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,644 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
ClayPerrine |
Aug 26 2019, 12:03 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,469 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Replace the plastic lines. Don't end up standing on the side of the road watching your 914 burn. Betty and I watched her car burn. It was heartbreaking, and almost cost us our marriage. Took a few years before I could face rebuilding the car. I would even recommend replacing them if you keep the fuel pump in the stock location. I did that to our factory six right after we got it. It is the only non-reversible thing we have done to that car. And it was done purely for safety. |
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