Which Fuel Filter?

Snoopy1971 · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:49 pm Post subject: Which Fuel Filter?

Ok so what fuel filter does everyone use? I like the clear ones so I can see the fuel unside. I keep seeing everyone say not to use the "Chinese junk" and to only get a "good German" one.

So how do I know which is chinese and which is german? All the major online sites below have them, but how do you tell which is which?

https://www.jbugs.com/product/803201511E.html

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111209147

https://www.westcoastmetric.com/i-22965115-131-261-275a.html

https://airheadparts.com/vw-part/fuel-filter-in-line/

Or is a non-clear type a better type to use?

Glenn · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

https://www.amazon.com/Hastings-Filters-GF1-Filter-Clamps/dp/B000C3F1KE

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Dan the workingstiff · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

If you're lucky enough to have a Mom & Pop autoparts store, this HASTINGS is a staple item.
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joaniebo · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

In 1969 or 1970, I installed one of the Mann WK31/2 Filter in my 1968 MGB and since getting my 68 Beetle in 1986, there's also been a Mann WK31/2 Filter in it.
Never have had a problem with that filter in either car,

Tim Donahoe · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

Get the one from Jbugs—if it has the flat can inside the the filter screen. Those are probably the ones made in Israel, and I’ve used them for years without any issues.

Perhaps these aren’t as good as the tin-can suggestions, but I, too, like to see inside for rust, etc.

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Glenn · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

Cusser · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

Tim Donahoe · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

Glenn, my filters are also under the car: one under the fuel tank, and another by the transmission.

And I don’t have any rust in my fuel tank, but if and when it occurs, a clear filter is easier for me to observe any contaminants—even if they’re under the car.

I could pull my gas tank just to check for rust, say once every two years, but that seems like a hassle that I can avoid simply by looking at my fuel filter which is under the tank.

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Ovally · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:08 am Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

Recently I bought a number of fuel filters from Mahle, type is KL13 / Made in Austria.

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Snoopy1971 · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:49 am Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

So in the 4 links I posted above, are they all the same filter, just sold 4 diff places, or are any of them not the junky chinese ones ppl say to stay away from?

Snoopy1971 · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:53 am Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

Ovally · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

Don't know where in the USA, in Europe we have several Mahle suppliers.
Try to find a company in the USA that supplies Mahle products.
The fuel filter KL13 is listed in de USA catalog.

https://catalog.mahle-aftermarket.com/na/product.xhtml?eid=184&gt=KL+13+OF

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Glenn · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

beetlenut · Samba Member Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 3012 Location: RI

I've been using the NAPA Gold filters which are made by WIX. They have a plastic see-through one that filters down to 7 microns.
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frenchroast · Samba Member Joined: October 13, 2019 Posts: 704

The only filter I use is the stock cone screen in the fuel pump and the tank sock. Works just fine. When I restore the tank, I may consider a steel filter alongside the transaxle but that's just another point to leak, fail, maintain, etc.

Zundfolge1432 · Samba Member Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12573

This looks like a good idea.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1901747

Snoopy1971 · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:17 am Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

RailBoy · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Which Fuel Filter?

I have been running these for years with success...

Napa Gold 3001. Should be the one in the photos with the super small inlet and outlet for a car, but yea nice size filter you can see.

I was told by a builder, after new tank, rubber lines, cleaning of metal line, to go no more than 6,000 on one... This is to be routine and for preventative maintenance... RB

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/FIL3001

p.s. I had no issues with a 2110 and two of these filters before the Single IDF Carb. And with my Dell filter's in the carb, no issues as of yet.... On a 2180.
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Zundfolge1432 · Samba Member Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12573

This builder says it could go longer than 6k


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