Fuel pump rant!!

[XFlow_Fairlane]

It looks like I killed another pump (last one went a month ago) I guess I am still getting debri out of the tank from cutting the filler neck out. this time I am going to a small cheap filter before the pump to catch this junk (shavings from a hole saw) I used to have a mr gasket glass filter at one point that was handy because you could clean it out easily if it clogged on you but let small stuff by pretty easily. so as far as a cheap inline prefilter that my pump cna pull through any suggestions? Would a cheap paper element filter work ok? or maybe a glass inline since they are more of a screen than media?

 

[Lazy JW]

Sounds like you need an old fashioned sediment bowl type filter like we use on old tractors. You know, the kind that has the glass bowl with a fine screen mesh at the top. You could also put a small magnet in the bottom to catch those filings too. These work really well for those old nasty dirty tanks, you can see when they need cleaned too. Use this on the inlet side of the pump, and use a regular modern inline filter on the pressure side.
Joe

 

[XFlow_Fairlane]

well I have the factory filter AFTER the pump but I guess the shavings since they have sharp edges are killing the seals on the pump and/or getting caught on the corners in it. the tank is new and I sealed it BEFORE I cut the filler thinking the small amount of trash would be digested and caught in my filter. so I guess I will try a small inline filter at the pump to see if I am catching anything still and see if that help any

 

[Anonymous]

When I was in high school I was at a friend's ranch doing a little 4-wheelin in his '69 Land Rover. We had pounded a few hills and then it died. We could not get it started. I popped the hood and saw the sediment bowl looked like it had a large bowl filling sintered bronze filter element in it. I made the comment that I had never seen a bronze element that large in a glass sediment bowl filter. But being a British vehicle I did not know what to expect. Later I realized that it was not a large bowl filling filter, but was in fact packed chock full of rust particles from the fuel tank. He towed it up to the barn, and I think it still has not been repaired some 25+ years later.
Doug

 

[XFlow_Fairlane]

well I went int to AZ this morning to grab a pump and filter. found a little plastic oem filter for $3 and grabbed a pump. luckily they are lifetime warrenty so tradded it back in for my $20. no harm no foul I guess. but in the process I seemed to have misplaced my USB drive which is a BAD thing!! it has all my cad files for my design projects on it!! waiting for rush hour to pass and then I am off retracing steps to find it...hopefully it isn't ran over in a parking lot (my only fear)