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sb001
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 Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 6:25 pm Post subject: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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I've actually never done this before in my life. Seems pretty straightforward, but it got me wondering if anyone has a set schedule for doing this.
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neil68
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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When I was upgrading my fuel tank outlet to the larger 8 mm FI size, I removed the original screen and it was plugged about 50% of the way up. Not bad after 45 years of use 
Replaced it with a new screen and gasket, with the larger FI nut, and it's been fine for two years since. That is the only time in my 35+ years of Beetle ownership that I've replaced the screen.
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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| Im skeered to touch it......it might have worms in it. |
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markj60616
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:28 am Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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I changed mine in 2015...it had not been changed ever. 1970 Beetle. It wasn't clogged. Not a difficult job just a difficult spot to get to. Old and new socks pictured below.
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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I've got the original filter sock in my 1971 Convertible...and in my 1970 sedan.
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vamram 
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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Does the tank on a '72 Super have one of those? I know it doesn't have a removable outlet like a standard's tank.
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sb001
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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The thing I am really wondering about is if I perhaps ruined my original one in there when I pulled the tank a few years back and sloshed cleaning chemical agents around in it. Probably not--but even so I guarantee it looks about like the one pictured above
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olspeed
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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never have changed mine... taken it out and cleaned it every couple years as it is cleanable just like VW designed it to be.
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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Doesn't hurt to go through the trouble of removing the center piece where the fuel sender goes now and then to take a peak inside the tank with a flashlight. I have had those mesh socks collapse.
You can be driving along fat, dumb and happy with the road movement keeping the collapsed thing flopping around, allowing gas to get through, and then on a flat surface it folds like a cheap suit and the symptoms make you think your fuel pump has quit.
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sb001
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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| doc hopper wrote: |
Doesn't hurt to go through the trouble of removing the center piece where the fuel sender goes now and then to take a peak inside the tank with a flashlight. I have had those mesh socks collapse.
You can be driving along fat, dumb and happy with the road movement keeping the collapsed thing flopping around, allowing gas to get through, and then on a flat surface it folds like a cheap suit and the symptoms make you think your fuel pump has quit. |
I am kind of wondering if this is what is happening. I thought at first I had debris particles in my fuel system that occasionally makes it idle low, and I've had it stall out a couple times for no apparent reason over the last week. But most of the time it seems to run fine.
It's ALWAYS hard to restart after driving then parking for a while, still haven't figured that one out. Didn't use to have that problem at all, would always start right up. The ONLY thing I can think of anymore is that it has something to do with my carb (rebuilt by Tim) now having an idle cutoff solenoid on it where it didn't before. Absolutely nothing else changed.
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:19 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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| sb001 wrote: |
| The thing I am really wondering about is if I perhaps ruined my original one in there when I pulled the tank a few years back and sloshed cleaning chemical agents around in it. Probably not--but even so I guarantee it looks about like the one pictured above |
You didn't, by chance, use the old "chain trick" when performing that cleaning-------------or maybe seal the tank internally after it was all nice and clean? |
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sb001
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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| iowegian wrote: |
You didn't, by chance, use the old "chain trick" when performing that cleaning-------------or maybe seal the tank internally after it was all nice and clean? |
what is the old chain trick
All i did was pour the gas out, pour solvent in and slosh it around, then pour it out and put new gas in
To be honest I don't even remember what I used but I think it was Seafoam
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: How often do you replace your in-tank sock filter? |
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| I pulled the tank in my 73 Superbeetle to fix the cabin fuel smell problem. I did not see a nut that can be removed from the bottom to replace the filter. Could it be that my car has an after market tank? |
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