So what solved the problem? >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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > >_________________________________________________________________ >Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ >_______________________________________________ >vintagvw site list >[email protected] >http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
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