Fuel Vapor Separator - Bargin

[Jesco]

Hi,
Always find these expencsive but...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mopar-Hemi-440-426-Fuel-Filter-Vapor-Separator-YEAR-ONE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ42611QQihZ001QQitemZ110283117943QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[gtx6970]

buyer beware , there are 2 companies making them. 1st one is good and 2nd is junk

ps- thats below cost on the good one, so my gutt tells me its the trashcan version

I thought I might add to this.
Both will work fine on a street car, The problem with the one I call the trashcan version is the return tube has to large of an orfice in it. Causing WAY to much fuel to return back to the tank. Not a problem, until the driver smashes his foot into it and holds it there. Such as when racing it, at about 1/2 track it will strart starving it for gas and either fall on it's face or starting surging. . I found it out the hard way with my old GTX hardtop. We chased it for days, thinking it was a bad pump or clogged line.

After changing pumps about 3 times and cleaning out fuel lines and sending unit filters. I never figured it was the seperator ( after all it was NEW ) finally changed the seperator with a 3 nippled fuel filter from Napa,,,,,, Problem solved. The correct seperators came out a few laters later after the car had already been replaced with a GTX conv.

If someone wants a comparison shot of the 2 let me know. I still have this trashcan version around here somewhere, maybe  in my 'lesson learned ' box

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Year One not selling quality stuff?   nah cant be

Thanks for the heads up Bill

[66FBCharger]

buyer beware , there are 2 companies making them. 1st one is good and 2nd is junk

ps- thats below cost on the good one, so my gutt tells me its the trashcan version

I thought I might add to this.
Both will work fine on a street car, The problem with the one I call the trashcan version is the return tube has to large of an orfice in it. Causing WAY to much fuel to return back to the tank. Not a problem, until the driver smashes his foot into it and holds it there. Such as when racing it, at about 1/2 track it will strart starving it for gas and either fall on it's face or starting surging. . I found it out the hard way with my old GTX hardtop. We chased it for days, thinking it was a bad pump or clogged line.

After changing pumps about 3 times and cleaning out fuel lines and sending unit filters. I never figured it was the seperator ( after all it was NEW ) finally changed the seperator with a 3 nippled fuel filter from Napa,,,,,, Problem solved. The correct seperators came out a few laters later after the car had already been replaced with a GTX conv.

If someone wants a comparison shot of the 2 let me know. I still have this trashcan version around here somewhere, maybe  in my 'lesson learned ' box

i know this is an old thread. I have been reading up on vapor separators.
Bill, if you still have the right separator and the trashcan separator, I would like to see a comparision shot.

[gtx6970]

http://a12mopar.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1324606912/40#40

I had comparison pictures but not on this PC, so I will have to ck the home one and see if I still  have them.

I sold the trashcan version a couple months ago to someone who was going to gut it and modify it

[66FBCharger]

Bill,
Thanks for the links on the subject. I checked my unmarked separator and it has the correct length tubes internally. I don't remember where I bought it from, but I think it was probably 15-20 years ago. I am going to use the separator but I am going to close up the orefice size in the separator and redrill it or make an orefice (for now, and install it in the return hose). I may try different sizes (in the return hose) and see what size works best.
Thanks again for all the help!
John

[bill440rt]

Year One not selling quality stuff?   nah cant be

Thanks for the heads up Bill

x2
Yeah Bill, if you got pics post up. 
I had no idea there would be two different companies making a part such as this. I'd like to see a comparo.