fuel strainer sock replacement part and procedure

[VW_Lupo_TD]

in regards to TurbineDoc's post : here

I had some questions to the replacement of the fuel strainer sock:
- where can i buy it ? part numbers ? price ?
- how is the fuel strainer sock attached to the fuel line ?

it looks here like it is just "pressed" on or am I wrong ?
How much force is required to pull it off and even more important how much to put the new one back on ?

and another crazy question for those with burbs or who have done it in general - is the location of the strainer in the tank reachable with something like a ProVision Scope ?

i know i know - just asking ;-)

really a question for Tim, but i guess everyone could benefit.
there is no part number in the sticky.

oh and if someone has pics of tank removal and all that go right ahead ....

 

[packratt]

Should just be hand press on and off.

Haven't done it on one of these but tank removal should be as simple as:

Run tank until nearly empty.
Unfasten filler neck from bed side (2-3 screws)
Place jack with board to spread the weight underneath tank.
Unbolt straps
Disconnect fuel lines and electric connectors as you are lowering tank.
Take a brass punch (preferable so you don't make sparks) and unscrew the sending unit retaining ring.
Install is reverse.

 

[Matt Bachand]

Mine keeps clogging and I need to drop my tanks soon for thorough cleaning and inspection.

Its on there pretty good. I just put new Front tank and FSU and new LP in rear tank, and somethings already clogging my new FSU sock.

I will tell you this, multiple violent bursts of air thru LP inlet into tank will not blow my sock off. I can tell because every month or so I lose fuel pressure until i blow air back into tank. Can't wait to see whats in there....


I'm talking full blown 130psi air from a blow-gun with rubber tip for maximum seal. With fuel cap removed. Can hear the air rip in there, and blast through the diesel, but a month later or so, fuel pressure down until the next blow job

Imagine if the guy never took the plastic bag off it? lol....

I had an unused rear tank for about a year that I just put new LP on and started using it again. 2 weeks later started having major fuel problems with my brand new FSU and tank on front, and whatever was in that rear tank seemed to have killed my used but working LP i put in the rear tank.

 

[bison]

It must have broke the bank eh,for these tank manufactorers to put a simple 1" drainplug on any automotive fuel tank,so one could flush the crap out once in a while. It would make life so much easy'r

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

It must have broke the bank eh,for these tank manufactorers to put a simple 1" drainplug on any automotive fuel tank,so one could flush the crap out once in a while. It would make life so much easy'r

if i had my way - i would put in an all new tank that would be prepped before i drop the old one with one or more drain plugs welded in, the strainer sock removed but lines for an aftermarket filter attached into it and all that.
oh and i would have it powder coated or some crap like that to make it last forever. i wanna do things like that exactly ONCE and then never again.

 

[M123KT-450]

I wonder if thats whats wrong with my truck ?. . .
To bad i already put it on the list of things to Crush oh well. . .

Mikey

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

i wanna slap myself for not doing this before i left, that is for sure.
having to let someone touch / work on my truck is like getting rapped for me.
well kinda.

 

[vail426]

You could, I suppose, fashion a "hatch" in the bed right over the sender-fuel pickup area so you could access sock and other items without dropping the tank. Most of the cars I had when I was a kid had this access in the trunk.

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

and be prepared for the sending unti lines to be totally rotten before you drop the tank.

FYI

 

[Matt Bachand]

and be prepared for the sending unti lines to be totally rotten before you drop the tank.

FYI

Yep, since the pumps are not in the SU they are relatively cheap. I just bought a new one when i bought my new tank to not even deal with that BS.

100 bux or so for mine, anyhow.

 

[SmithvilleD]

Did your replacement sock have the 1 way valve like the original?

When I replaced a faulty sending unit, the sock that came with it didn't have that valve. This may have been covered in previous posts as I didn't search.

I guessed the valve on the sock end was to still allow flow in case gelled fuel wasn't getting thru the sock in bad/exceptional conditions (summer fuel in extreme cold, etc.)

So I decided to clean the original sock as thoroughly as I could & installed it on the new sending unit. I've got a big (90gph I think?) 30 micron Racor filter mounted pre-liftpump, so I figured the Racor should catch anything that sock valve might let thru in a challenging situation.

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

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