Re: Coolant filters

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>
To: Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>; quattro group
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: Coolant filters


[snip]

>So, if that isn't enough, maybe a
>cheap in line fuel filter could be put in the outlet, bottom hose form
>the expansion tank...  again, flow issues would worry me.


    Be careful with the cheap inline fuel filters, Huw. The paper elements
in some of these are designed for fuel service only. The coolant can cause
the paper to swell and seal off, resulting in no coolant flow!

Fred Munro
'91 200q  270k km