A question about CAV filters

Don't we all!

Yes it is supposed to full of fuel, if you get any water it will sit in the bottom & can be drained off.

Mike, have you replaced the original filter, or added this one inline?

Mike, as the others have confirmed it is supposed to be full of fuel. For your info and anyone else's in WA 'Filters Plus' on Somersby Rd Welshpool sell replacement cartridges for $5, just asked for the 88-296 cartridge, no affiliation other than as a customer.

Karl

Hi,

I've pulled apart a few of these, of different brands, and found the roll of paper inside to vary considerably in length.

I'm not going to be very helpful here, because I've forgotten which one had more but think it was the genuine Delphi filter. Yet you check on filter manufacturers websites and they all say they are Original Equipment Spec.

I've never got to the bottom of what micron rating the filters are. Some say 5 - 8 micron, some say 15 micron.

I'm running a CAV prior to my main filter so it isn't so important, but for those that are running these as replacement filters, I'd be wanting to ensure I bought replacement cartridges that were at least the specs of the original. Sorry to put the hebe jebes up people, but I've found getting the specs on filters quite difficult. And that includes emails to Manufacturers and trawling their websites. Ryco where pretty helpful on recall.

Thanks for the tip about the WA suppliers - perhaps the specialist filter places might tell what the manufacturers won't.

I guess at the end of the day - the real effective difference between 5, 8 and 15 micron might not make a heap of difference inside the pump - but I don't know that.

Tim