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MG MGA - Fuel Filters?

What are you folks using for fuel filters these days?

I used to use a part from NAPA, but the filter type is no longer manufactured.

So I'm on the search for something new, and also locations to mount where it isn't too obvious.

Anyone used one of these:

http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=39160

Cheers,
Christopher
Christopher Wilson

I always use the cheap clear plastic type. There are numerous types on the store shelves. The problem with the Moss type, besides the unbelievable price, is that you cannot see the filter condition.
A clear filter allows you to quickly diagnose some fuel problems. But the best point is that it is a "throw away" item, as filters should be.


Mick
M F Anderson

I intend to use a Nissan Part # 16400-06W00, Fuel Filter. I will mount it near the fuel pump in the OUTLET line from the pump. A plugged filter before the pump will burn out the pump. A plugged filter after the pump won't hurt the pump.
http://www.carjunky.com/accessories/norm_catalog/dbuy.php?make=19&year=1982%20&model=206&brand=4524&part_name=10011&category=2&skipped=true
This shows a picture of the filter. The two lines on top allow the sediment to gather at the bottom when mounted properly. The original Datsun style bracket to hold the filter is easy to duplicate. My local parts store sells the filter for $2.05.
R J Brown

The URL I gave did not go to the picture I was looking at. Search for a fuel filter for a 1982 Datsun pick up to see the picture.
R J Brown

If you have plenty of money to spare you can always use the best type of filter ever made. These were fitted to the Triumph 2500 PI with Lucas mechanical fuel injection. The were made by Lucas/CAV, now sold as Delphi. They have a removeable, to clean, glass bowl at the bottom. This is a water and sediment trap. They are similar to diesel engine filters.
The element center section is a throw away type.
People in the UK and Australia should be able to sometimes find them in junkyards.

See image.

Mick


M F Anderson

Hello,

Fram G2 less than $3 at wal.... or part store
Hasting GF10
Purolator F20011
Wix 33032

Cheers,
Jean Guy Catford

I use the $2.95 clear on my four old cars vice the special $72.95 ones. I like being able to see if anything untoward appears. Also, on the remote chance your car would stop running, you can quickly see if the fuel flow has stopped (not that an MGA fuel gauge wouldn't always work perfectly)
Dennis Suski

Restored my A in the '80s. Fuel filters are the original ones as God and Sid intended. Don't see why you feel that you need something different,unless you guy's are buying your fuel Bub's pub and gas emporium-
gary starr

Thanks fellas!

Gary, maybe it is just me, but I've been driving an unrestored "A" for 14 years and until I started using a fuel filter I would have problems with the needle and floats.

Once I used a filter, no worries.

Now my car is about 50% through a total restoration and I was wondering what method to go back with. Since before my tank was original and had never been cleaned (that I know of) and now it is original, but cleaned and coated. It could be I won't have any problems, but IMO it never hurst to have the added protection.

Cheers,
Christopher
Christopher Wilson

Be wary of the plastic fuel filters. In most cases there will always be some air in these filters, even under normal conditions. The plastic of many will start to crack in a couple years where the air bubble is. You can buy metal filters at most parts houses, or if you like to see inside get a Veiw All filter which has chrome ends and a glass shell. It can be taken apart and cleaned. Available at some auto parts stores and your local Harley dealer.
J Heisenfeldt

What are the standard Fuel Filters that Gary refers to? My Mk 2 Coupe has No in line filters I presume the only standard filter is in the SU pump under the car ?Should I have any More
Paul
P D Camp

Paul,

In addition to the filter in the SU pump you should have filters at the carburetters.

See image item 100.


Mick


M F Anderson

Mick, We generally refer to those parts as screens. Any attempt to consider them filters is optimistic at best. They hopefully keep the big flakes out but not much else. Sticking needles as Christopher states are benefited by a real filter.
Gary, The cleanliness of fuel depends on many factors. #1 the volume of fuel through the station, hence Bobs fuel problems. #2 the height of the fuel standpipe inside the tank. This factor can be more of a problem than #1 and unless you stick the tanks yourself you just can't know. I know of 2 Texaco stations owned by the same person that have very different setups. One will pull down to less than 2 inches of fuel in the ground while the other leaves over 18 inches when the tank is empty. The one sucks off the bottom so it is constantly pumping sediments. The other saves its dirt on the bottom untill refilling the tank stirs it up real well for those first few unfortunates who gas up right after the tanker leaves. Inevitably you will get a load of dirty gas its just in the odds.
Add to that our 50 year old tanks and a real filter isn't a bad idea.
R J Brown

I use a Facet pump and was recommended to fit a regulating filter as shown in the following link. I fitted it on the vertical face of the bulkhead (under the heater air trunking) alongside where the fuel pipe enters the engine compartment.

http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct.asp?sg=2&pgCode=017&sgName=Hardware&pgName=Fuel+Systems&agCode=0131&agName=Fuel+Filters%2FRegulators&pCode=015.175

Steve
Steve Gyles

As for clear plastic filters cracking, at $2.98 you can afford to change in a new one when you do your spring commissioning. Even a freshly cleaned and coated tank should have a filter, they can still flake!
David werblow

I still believe to cure the problem don't put a band aid on it.Alot of modern cars do not even have filters on them,at best they have a screen on the pickup,deep in the tank. How many of you clean that screen?
gary starr

I agree with David. At a cost of $2.95, I replace the fuel filter at the beginning of each driving season as part of the preparation routine. Several years ago after a fresh paint job I decided to go with one of the clear glass ones with the chrome ends. It was installed in-line just before the carbs and sat above the freshly painted heater shelf. The quality was very poor in that the threaded ends had such a coarse thread and were poorly shaped in that it allowed fuel to seep along the threads and drip on to the freshly paint shelf. The paint soon softened and peeled. I've used the cheap disposable ones for several years now without a problem and it's beneficial for all the reason cited here .... cost, visibility, trouble shooting fuel delivery problems etc etc !!

Mike
1960 MGA
Michael Hosier

I cannot agree that modern cars do not have fuel filters. I do not know anything about American cars, but Japanese and European cars have very efficient fuel filters. Fuel injected cars, which is all the new cars that I know of, have very critical clean fuel reqirements for the injectors to work properly.


Mick
M F Anderson

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