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Fuel filter
Anyone ever use those spectre clear glass filters they sell at autozone? Also there is there much pressure in the line befor the pump?
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I used a Mr. Gasket clear glass filter once. Never cared much for it and besides, the cheap a$$ rubber hose would flake off and plug up my carb. After seeing the tiny pieces of rubber and finally figuring out where they came from, I replaced it.
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I had one on a previous vehicle with a Holley Carb. After about six months with that filter on the new carb, the needle and seats would stick open causing the carb to flood etc. I threw the clear filter away and got a cheap plastic wix (about 2 in in diameter, all plastic, no 'chrome' ends like the one you mentioned) fuel filter. I could still see if there was fuel in it, but I never had another problem (after driving that car daily for six years...).
I wouldn't use on of those filters no matter what. On another note, my somewhat clear plastic wix filter allowed me to diagnose a bad fuel pump on my 84 when I was driving from Idaho to Florida when I first joined the Navy, so I'm sold on them...
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I dont think it has rubber hoses does it?
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This is the one I think is junk:
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The one in the middle of this picture is the one I like, I don't use Fram filters, but the wix or AC Delco equivalent.
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The one I have is similar to that glass one but has plastic ends that screw into it for diferent size hose.
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The one I used was like the one Joe posted a pic of. The rubber was flaky, for lack of a better word, on the inside. It would let tiny bits of rubber flack off and get to the carb or plug the filter itself. I would take it apart and clean it out and this would help sometimes. Sometimes I had to take the airhorn off and clean out the bowl. After about a week of two of this, I trashed it. I also used a Fram filter like Joe's pic. It worked well. Now, I have a high dollar Russel inline filter with AN fittings. No problems so far.
I just flat out would not put any glass filter on my truck, period. Thinking back, it don't make much sense to use a glass filter. The glass in them cheap things breaks real easy.
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could you see the bits of rubber in the filter?
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