• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Fuel Filters

suprize

suprize

Husqvarna
Pro Class
Noticing on rides lately, always a punter with a fuel filter issue, blocked, broken ends, leaking etc. are these isolated or has anyone here suffered FFF (fuel filter failure) ???
i dont run one, just a big loop of fuel line around and over the carb to provide a natural trap.

i entered the BP Mallee Rallee in 1978 on a hot XL 250..konis, pascoe "peace" pipe, mikuni carb and a hot cam....it was so hot the exhaust melted the fuel filter i had installed on advice that i must fit one. Luckily, the long length of fuel line just made it to the carb.... luckily i caught a whiff of petrol as it was falling apart! and didnt loose too much juice....
 
The one on my 500 was too small and it couldn't keep the bowl full through all 4 years .
The single shocks have one in the tank so don't run another ?
My gas gas one became a restriction after 5 years of neglect
 
ajcmbrown said:
Oddly JC I've never had a single fuel filter failure in 47 years!
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same here...would be real unusual to have a problem. i have seen more than one street or dirt bike with the "in tank" filter rolling around in the bottom of tank or torn open/not filtering. mine all have those clear plastic units with screen inside. no paper of course!
 
try a filter from Zip ty. super large element, mfg from billet aluminum, washable filter. will flow nough for a big KTM v-twin. plenty for a single.
 
I have always used the filter provided in the tank on many bikes, I have never had a issue.

Stop the crap getting into your tank first!

I have a fuel filter funnel with a proper fuel gauze!

You will be very surprised what comes out of new fuel when you are filtering it, it is not clean at all!

A proper fuel filter funnel will not only pull out every bit of crap but water as well!

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/401222707802?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&fromMakeTrack=true

This is the cheapest one I found so far on E-bay, it is only 3.5 inch diameter though.

Bunnings can get them in,

https://www.bunnings.com.au/briggs-stratton-mr-funnel-portable-fuel-filter_p0049248

There are plenty of cheap funnels for sale but they will not pull out water!

A quick test for any fuel funnel, pour a glass of water into it, it should stay in the funnel!

Cheers, Dave. :)
 
have had 1 instance of water/crap in the carb and that was due to filling up without a funnel in an enduro in the pouring rain. 10 k's down the rd and it was dying on the mJ. so drop the bowl nut and all good again...was lucky i had to stop as ol mate i was riding with promptly got swept away at the next creek and i would have been expected to rescue him...dodged that one!!
 
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