Oooh,
I did mention.....I found the main fuel line to be choked with a 2cm long
piece of crap plug....containing some fibres from God-knows-where and some
rusty bits. Cleared that out, blew some air up the fuel line and then installed
a new fuel filter.
Now I can concentrate on other things at hand. The VW alternator has to go
in. Today I meddled with the bodywork, hammered some bubbly areas to reveal
loads of horrible rust. Would hafta get some bodywork done in areas of
immediate need.....
The daily driver 68 deserves a full on body off resto but that has to wait
till the 59 ragtop project is sorted or I have another bug to drive.
Asad.
> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:37:03 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Troubles with the bug...
>
> 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.
> >>
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