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USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Richard,
I don't remember reading any emails discussing problems with water in the
gasoline supply system.
The problems we have discussed many times are with the damage that water
does in the fuel tanks.
I replaced all the fuel lines in Double Trouble with SAE30R7 lines three
years ago and installed a fuel filter with a metal housing in the rubber
hose that connects the fuel supply line to the fuel pump inlet. I have not
had any problems with fuel contamination in the carb from particulate matter
or water.
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brown
Sent: Friday, 1 July 2011 4:49 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: [GMCnet] Fuel filters
I was talking to a friend today on the phone & he told me something that
piqued my interest. He works as a mechanic on gasoline & diesel fleet
vehicles and lately a lot of the companies are installing large fuel
filter/water separators that use a spin-on filter that looks similar to an
oil filter in size, but are designed to filter gas down to 2 microns and
separate water from the fuel on vehicles using E-10 fuel. The ones they are
installing are made by Wix, so the filters should be fairly easy to find &
can hold almost a quart of water before needing to be replaced. I would
assume it would need a fuel pump ahead of the filter to be useful. He's
getting the info for the bases and filters and will get back to me at a
later time. My question for the brain trust is would such a filter be useful
for GMCs or would something like this be either overkill or simply not work
in our application?He said that some of the filters are drainable to remove
collected water, but they have been simply replacing the filters at regular
intervals. I can imagine a filter of that size could hold a considerable
amount of trash before becoming restricted. I'm also wondering where the
best place would be to install one. Anyone think this would be a good/bad
idea & why.
Richard & Carol Brown
1974 Eleganza SE
"DILLIGAF"
Lindale, Tx. 75771
903-881-0192
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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