Whose running one of those little in-line glass fuel filters? I think Spectre or Mr.gasket makes them.

I want to know if yours is always full of gas while the engine is running or does it vary according to the load on the engine...

i use them on both my camaro's and they always look full when at idle...........if memory serves right there might be alittle pocket in the upper corner that doesnt fill all the way.....but for the most part they are full with fuel.

I ran one on my engine till my grandpa tried tightening it up more and broke it. I don't think I ever saw it full of fuel, like you see sometimes on sediment bowls, but it was hard to tell since it swished around so much. It could have possibly filled up while I drove.

I think they are very dangerous. They can easily break and start a fire or depending on where it is located, a stone can break it and leave you stranded.

Mike

They are dis-allowed by most racing sanctioning bodies, due to their danger !!! :eek:
Still want to use one ?? :confused:

The glass ones can break and the plastic ones can melt. I know of 3 vehicles that have had engine fires due to the glass ones breaking. One the owner thumped it when a wrench slipped and didn't know it was broken until he got several block into a test drive. One was from an accident where his car was hit and pushed into another and the filter banged around and was hit by or hit something. The 3rd was a VW bug and nobody came up with an explaination as to why the filter busted... Mind you this was over a period of 20 years or so...

I wouldn't trust one on my classic or on anything my family rides in...

had one until recently... rarely saw it full, mostly empty with engine off, half full at idle. Never had a starvation issue though.
Tube tech is providing me with the new filter, capable of withstanding the 45PSI the in tank pump puts out to the Ramjet 502 which is on the dyno today!!!! :D

Those glass ones are not a great idea, as others have said. If you look closely at one that has been in there a while, you can actually watch the filter material deteriorate- at least the one with those little replaceable plastic looking media filters. Wonder where it goes after it starts to disintegrate tongue.gif ? Youd be better off running a in carb filter.

Lots of cars run plastic fuel filters, and I have never heard of one melting..Id bet that it would take an EXTREME amount of heat to melt one of those suckers. I took one off the other day to put a new one on, and wanted to look at the filter inside, SO I decided to cut it open. That thing was REALLY TOUGH to cut open! I doubt one of those would break or melt...

As for whether or not they fill with the same amount of gas all the time...its a mystery..I actually called Holley about this one time 'cause I thought my pump was bad, and they said it was some "phenomenon" of gravity and liquid. That there would always be a bubble in there. I hear you if it makes you wonder though. If youre worried about it, take the line of the filter and do a pump test to see how much output you get.

I even took the glass filter thingy off my little Alum fishing boat.
The only reason i keep one around is for low flow testing purposes,without the 'element'. :cool:

Please do yourself a favor and go get the Fram metal look-a-like filter and every so often remove it, let it dry and knock on it a couple a times, blow through it and generally see if anything pop's out and you need to replace it.

I did it to mine several times through the years and it was always fine!!

pdq67

If you play guitar, they are excellent for use as a slide.