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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: canadapierre on December 01, 2007, 02:27:33 PM

Title: Fuel Pump Filter
Post by: canadapierre on December 01, 2007, 02:27:33 PM

Just bought a used FP and it has no mesh strainer at the bottom. Should it have one? If it isn't there, might it still be in the fuel tank?

It seems to be there in the ETK. Is it press fitted on?

TIA

Title: Fuel Pump Filter
Post by: kowalski on December 01, 2007, 04:29:39 PM

you want the strainer... find one and put it on. new pumps have the strainers on them... so something is goin on weird there. pics of said pump?

Title: Fuel Pump Filter
Post by: RED IS 91 on December 01, 2007, 05:25:50 PM

it should look like this

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r73/bogeyman700/fuelpump2.jpg)