[Vwdiesel] Symptoms of a clogged fuel filter

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/27/2006 9:51:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com writes:

> My cars performance has been dragging lately, mostly on light-medium
> hillside or slopes. I suspect the fuel filter is clogged up, but perhaps
> someone can tell me what the signs of that are
> 

  My experience has been that rarely (never?) has it been a fuel 
filter.  Air leaks from deteriorating fuel lines, leaking connections, 
dirty air filter and plugging fuel filter can all lead to similar conditions 
as far as a loss of power indicated by the "seat of the pants" dyno.
     Loren