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Originally Posted by JSchmitz
X2!!!
I believe you're suggesting losing the cheap clear filter. I almost said that earlier. Trying to stay away from this train wreck. I was lucky as he!! that my car didn't burn to the ground because of one of those cheap POS!!! It came apart and doused my engine bay with gas. Thank God I had good spark plug wires!
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Mikes reply:
We have made changes over the years, there is a new sock on the sending unit because the car sat with a new gas tank too long in the former owner's warehouse. The elec. fuel pump at the rear is lower than the tank. Then there is a fuel filter after the fuel pump that goes forward, the lines split forward, doubling the volume of fuel to the Carbs. At the Radiator mount on the P.S. is a hole for air to get to the remote oil filter and there is a fuel filter there and the two fuel lines merge to only one.
Fuel flows through the pressure gauge to the bypass filter (return to fuel tank) to Carbs. The one and only clear glass fuel filter at the gauge is to see if there is any water, dirt, air bubbles etc... However, since we installed the extra fuel line and bypass filter, there has been no boiling or percolation or vapor lock issues. Plus, we run the rec-89-90 Alcohol free fuel.
P.S. My glass filter is in a well-ventilated area, out front in the air stream and away from any heat and is checked whenever I run the Vehicle.
Thank you for the warning, the glass filter that I use has "o" - rings were the glass meats the metal in/out tapered fittings and are cleanable.