Tank tea strainer

[dwhitaker]

Hi, does anyone know where to get a fuel strainer for the fuel exit from the tank? Mines missing.... Thanks in advance.

[Elfit]

I replaced mine with a strainer from a paint gun.

My notes say "GFS 12 gravity feed strainer"

To be honest it's a bit of a waste of space

Cheers

Tim

[Loach1]

http://www.racetechdirect.co.uk/l0023-tvr-car-part...

That one? Invaluable pump protection!

[phillpot]

Can't find it now but was a post quite recently about fitting an in-line filter (cleanable) between tank and pump. Might be a little tricky to find one because of the large (16mm) bore pipe used but Demon Tweeks could be a good starting point?

[dwhitaker]

Thanks for the replies guys, ordered the racetech one.

Cheers
Dave

[greymrj]

Just a word of caution. If you have started to get any significant amount of rust showing in the tank (and internal corrosion is virtually inevitable if the tank is original) then the internal filter is unlikely to be sufficient. It is actually quite a coarse net and will let fine stuff through. If the tank is starting to produce flaky rust then the filter is placed where it is almost certain to get surrounded by rust and block up! It is then a pig to get to as it means emptying the tank.
I fitted a large bore 'full flow' in line filter from demon tweeks (as Philpott refers). I was astounded by how much it picked up. I did a bit of testing by replacing the element in the filter at regular intervals. It soon became apparent that NO filter would cope for long. The filter is there to catch the odd bit of debris that might get in, it is not there to cope with the inevitable increase in debris as a tank deteriorates.
I have now had my tank restored but I have done away with the tank filter. I now have a drain plug on the tank and an in line filter.