Wooo hooo!
The bug is fixed!! the drive to and from work followed by a cruise along
the beach today showed that the problem is gone altogether. Thanks a lot to all
of you guys for your valuable input and thoughts on this.
Thanks G2 for the comprehensive guidance below. We have the good Bosch
inline filters go for less than $2 here. I should collect a few to keep in
stock :)
Best wishes and kind regards to all,
AsadKarachi, Pakistan.
> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:17:43 -0600
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Troubles with the bug...
>
> There really is no hard rule for when to replace a fuel filter. It
> depends on where you live, fuel condition, weather condition, etc.
>
> If you live in a place with lots of dust in the air or a place where
> the fuel you get may be dirty right from the pump then you should
> probably at least back-flush the inline type filter once every few
> months and replace it once a year. If they are readily available and
> not too expensive just forget the back-flush and replace it once every 6
> months.
>
> If the place you live is less dusty then replacing once a year is
> probably good.
>
> As a general rule, if you have to crawl under there to get a good look
> at it, you may as well replace it while you're down there. They cost
> about USD $2 each over here. I just bought a 1970 Campmobile and I have
> no idea what kind of crud is in the fuel tank so I bought 5 of the
> filters and tossed them in the glove box.
>
> G2
>
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:59:28 +0000
> asad ishaque <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks for the detailed explanation,
> > I think I have sounded as if I had not changed the fuel filter
> > for years (!!).....while that is not true, I must admit I am not very
> > regular too. How often should a change be?? How many miles/km? I did
> > tackle the problem today. Here is what I found.......... I took the
> > in line disposable kind Bosch fuel filter off the hard line exiting
> > the body.....and could not believe what I found......a 2cm long plug
> > of what looked like a dust bunny!! Drat!! Pulled it out and felt it
> > good......fibres mixed with a bit of rusty crap. The fuel flow was
> > not too great too so I aspirated the line a bit and then pushed air
> > back towards the tank till I heard bubbles. I know the right thing
> > would have been to clean the tank and the line as suggested but
> > running short on time it was not possible. Being my daily ride, I had
> > to prepare for going off to work this afternoon. I know I must have
> > simply pushed more crap back into the tank for it to act up later. I
> > do have a fuel tank swap on the cards so I might do that sooner.
> > Anyway. Proceeded to replace the old filter. It really was not too
> > dirty and would have lasted more especially if I cleaned it as
> > described. But I decided to put in a new one as it may have to deal
> > with more crap coming its way. Now what remains is to test the
> > bug......the drive to work should reveal any problems.....I doubt
> > there would be any....fingers crossed! Asad.
>
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