Re: Compact fuel filters

[amuller]

quote auldscott:

Givng up on ever getting my tanks perfectly clean, I put inline filters on my pea green Elgins. They are small and compact, sintered bronze filters.

They don’t look clogged after about 40 minutes of running, but they will no longer feed enough fuel to keep the engine running.

What do you use in your small motors? I want to keep the filters nearly invisible, so large auto-style filters aren’t suitable, and I have been thinking that the simple molded-mesh screen type won’t stop the small particles so I have not tried them.

Thanks.

Tank not clean? Screen on tank fuel pickup missing or crudded up? Old hoses or primer bulb shedding particles? Screen on fuel pump inlet fitting OK? What does the carb float bowl look like? Fuel pump diaphragm? If your carbs have drains, do you use them? Usually an inline fliter can be cleared by (gently) blowing compressed air through backwards. but if your system is clean and you are filling the tanks directly from gas station pumps, you should be able to go for years between filter changes. JMO.