|
300/66 Series General Forum for the Volvo 340, 360 and 66 cars |
Information |
|
Fuel filter funViews : 1197 Replies : 3Users Viewing This Thread : |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
Feb 22nd, 2021, 12:51 | #1 |
Go redblock or go home
Last Online: Yesterday 22:10
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: UK
|
Fuel filter fun
So the fuel pump isn't very happy on my 360, so at long last yesterday I went to fit my replacement bosch one.
I found the small plastic inline fuel filter was clogged with rust and sediment to the point it had gotten through to the pump and was killing the pump. So I phoned Volvo... NLA I went to the small backstreet motor factors down the road... "our system says it is 8mm inlet and outlet not 12mm, that's not the right filter on your car" It is the right filter as it has been on every single 360 I've owned. I saw a generic looking filter that looked quite large for sale on euro car parts, so I phoned them up and the guy on the phone couldn't be bothered to get off his backside and measure the inlet and outlet for me saying he was only there to deal with trade. When I told him I am trade as I'm a self employed mechanic he rushed me off the phone. So I had a look online and found a post on 300 mania about the filter from Ride_on saying to use a Baldwin BF7693. So I have ordered one for £19.60 delivered off ebay. What a rigmarol thisbhas turned out to be! So maybe this weekend I will have a working 360 again. |
Mar 14th, 2022, 20:56 | #2 |
Premier Member
Last Online: May 11th, 2024 16:37
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Holywood
|
You're welcome
Its a gravity fed injection pump and needs a large feed, took me a while to find it after using various billet ones that I'd drilled out Sytec alloy nipples/adaptors to make sure the flow was good. Was then worried they might snap. The original and the Baldwin one seem to be a "strainer" rather than a filter, ie large holes to avoid restriction. Also switching to 1/2" rather than 12mm threw up more options on the search. |
Mar 14th, 2022, 22:35 | #3 |
Junior Member
Last Online: Apr 9th, 2024 22:59
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Kent
|
That 300 Mania site used to be heaving 15 or so years ago.
I had a bog standard 1.4 340DL and loved it. No PAS. Really great car. I remember everyone being keen on the 2.0 360 and no one being keen on the CVTs. |
Mar 15th, 2022, 16:58 | #4 |
300 Register Keeper
Last Online: Yesterday 10:47
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Nottingham
|
I found another option recently - a Facet 43176 (plus adaptor on the output side). That's a more conventional filter, and it's clear, but in practice I suspect that the Baldwin option is perfectly fine for most applications - it's only really there to keep big lumps out of the pump, IMO.
cheers James
__________________
VOC 300-series Register Keeper '13 V70 D4 SE Lux '89 740 Turbo Intercooler '88 360 Turbo Intercooler '84 360 GLT '81 343 GLS R-Sport '79 343 DL '70 164 |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|