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Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:15 pm
by mikeonb4c
dandywarhol wrote:We all know that the fuel filter filters the fuel passing through it but what filters the tiny fibres/dust on the new filter as it's gone from the production line in the Far East, packaged, gathered dust, transported ,opened by grubby hands in a dusty environment etc. etc.???
The thimble filter does that........
Next question - what filters the thimble filter
This and your previous suggestion strike me as pretty sound explanations I reckon.
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:47 pm
by The Great Pretender
dandywarhol wrote:We all know that the fuel filter filters the fuel passing through it but what filters the tiny fibres/dust on the new filter as it's gone from the production line in the Far East, packaged, gathered dust, transported ,opened by grubby hands in a dusty environment etc. etc.???
The thimble filter does that........
Next question - what filters the thimble filter
Makes sense if all pumps have them fitted, do you know if they do Dandy?
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:56 am
by mikeonb4c
The Great Pretender wrote:dandywarhol wrote:We all know that the fuel filter filters the fuel passing through it but what filters the tiny fibres/dust on the new filter as it's gone from the production line in the Far East, packaged, gathered dust, transported ,opened by grubby hands in a dusty environment etc. etc.???
The thimble filter does that........
Next question - what filters the thimble filter
Makes sense if all pumps have them fitted, do you know if they do Dandy?
Got to be careful with that line of argument though TGP. Someone might suggest that because no British Leyland cars from c1970 had anti-corrision protection, it wasn't necessary. The rest is - as they say - history
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:01 pm
by Doone
Someone might suggest that because no British Leyland cars from c1970 had anti-corrision protection, it wasn't necessary.
Hmm... I'm not sure about that theory, it has a few holes in it...
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:06 pm
by mikeonb4c
Doone wrote:Someone might suggest that because no British Leyland cars from c1970 had anti-corrision protection, it wasn't necessary.
Hmm... I'm not sure about that theory, it has a few holes in it...
Yup it was a neat trick by them. Within a few years of manufacture, there was no evidence left to prove a car had ever existed, let alone that it had any design faults. Ashes to ashes, rust to rust
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:07 pm
by missfixit70
The original eco car?
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:26 pm
by mikeonb4c
missfixit70 wrote:The original eco car?
Yup. Leyland were way ahead of the pack in building scrappage into their designs
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:27 pm
by missfixit70
Bit difficult trying to claim your scrappage fee if there's nowt left though
Re: Thimble Filter
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:54 pm
by mikeonb4c
missfixit70 wrote:Bit difficult trying to claim your scrappage fee if there's nowt left though
Doh