Comments on: Fuel Filter http://www.trog.us/2009/06/30/fuel-filter/ Trög is Swedish for “slow” Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: WJM http://www.trog.us/2009/06/30/fuel-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 WJM Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:47:16 +0000 http://www.trog.us/?p=634#comment-2032 That ain't the original filter, the original is an aluminium bulb with screw-clamp, mounted on the right of the engine. But, that one is just as crap, because the aluminium tends to corrode. Mine was on the verge of leaking, after 26 years / 26k km's. So, your's has been replaced within the last 3 decades, and shows only crap of 1 decade maximum....:)) Btw, mine was replaced with a similar 'umbrella' view-through filter; be sure to have several with you as spare, especially after changing/adding tanks, even more so when using tanks that were meant for diesel....gasoline can dissolve even military coatings, if designed for diesel....8-)) Btw2: if you are smart, you should also look for quick-disconnect & spill-free fuel line connectors, like seems common now in the motorbike industry....then you have a 'hot-spare' filter at hand any time (instead of fiddling and cursing above a hot engine and leaking gasoline....8-)) Oh, and never trust the filter visually, like I did....if in any doubt, with any symptom, throw out, they are cheap. (keep the quick-disconnects of course....;)) That ain’t the original filter, the original is an aluminium bulb with screw-clamp, mounted on the right of the engine.
But, that one is just as crap, because the aluminium tends to corrode.
Mine was on the verge of leaking, after 26 years / 26k km’s.

So, your’s has been replaced within the last 3 decades, and shows only crap of 1 decade maximum….:))

Btw, mine was replaced with a similar ‘umbrella’ view-through filter; be sure to have several with you as spare, especially after changing/adding tanks, even more so when using tanks that were meant for diesel….gasoline can dissolve even military coatings, if designed for diesel….8-))

Btw2: if you are smart, you should also look for quick-disconnect & spill-free fuel line connectors, like seems common now in the motorbike industry….then you have a ‘hot-spare’ filter at hand any time (instead of fiddling and cursing above a hot engine and leaking gasoline….8-))

Oh, and never trust the filter visually, like I did….if in any doubt, with any symptom, throw out, they are cheap.
(keep the quick-disconnects of course….;))

]]> By: chris http://www.trog.us/2009/06/30/fuel-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 chris Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:11:02 +0000 http://www.trog.us/?p=634#comment-1558 wow, amazing it even ran. Fixing that might get another 20 hp! -C- wow, amazing it even ran. Fixing that might get another 20 hp!

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