Re: fuel filters

[Michael Burdick <mburdick@netserv.unmc.edu>]

Edward Hutchinson wrote:

> Forgive me my ignorance but I was wondering how effective a magnet would be
> if it were taped to the outside of the fuel filter. I thought I heard
> someone say that the Wix oil filter is magnatized and therefore traps metal
> particles. Would this work with the fuel filter?


To which Joe Curry responded:

> Sounds reasonable to me.
> ... 
> I don't know of any reason the magnet wouldn't work on a fuel filter as
> well.

This begs the question:  Why the worry about metal particles in the fuel?

Mike Burdick
Omaha NE