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Old 03-02-2013, 11:50 PM
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Default Rochester Fuel Filter cruds!!
Just did some cleaning of the carb and this is what I've found in the fuel filter. FYI, I have a Fram HPG1 canister fuel filter under the gas tank that does additional filtering.

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Old 03-03-2013, 10:11 AM
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What is that stuff?
Is it zinc casting flakes or is it just organic residue?
Hard to tell from the picture...
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It's hard to see what that is but obviously the filter did its job!
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Methanol content in the fuel breaking down the carb casting?
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Originally Posted by paul 74
It's hard to see what that is but obviously the filter did its job!
U got that right. Funny thing is that I have big filter below the gas tank that does additional filtering. Spec says up to 50 microns and still got this passed? I have new fuel lines by the way.
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Old 03-03-2013, 05:18 PM
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Better check-out your 'big' filter....
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Originally Posted by leadfoot4
Methanol content in the fuel breaking down the carb casting?
Good guess...except it is ethanol...and the resident spokesman for the corn juice should be here any minute now.
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Originally Posted by jackwabbit703
U got that right. Funny thing is that I have big filter below the gas tank that does additional filtering. Spec says up to 50 microns and still got this passed? I have new fuel lines by the way.
Your big filter does not seem to doing the job very well.
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I'd say if you didn't clean the new lines really good the stuff may have came from there. The ethanol does a good job of cleaning up almost anything for ya.
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