Magnet to fuel filter? Rust dust.

car5car wrote: I opened up bowls again after 30 miles of riding and they had rust dust again!
I remember washing bowls with break cleaner first time.
Filter doesn't catch rust dust. If rust is magnetic, small magnet will catch it and I will see it thru clear fuel filter.
I always buy small fuel filters from NAPA.

swest wrote: What kind of gas do you buy? They say if the truck is there filling the tanks, go somewhere else.
Steve

bountyhunter wrote:

car5car wrote: I opened up bowls again after 30 miles of riding and they had rust dust again!
I remember washing bowls with break cleaner first time.
Filter doesn't catch rust dust. If rust is magnetic, small magnet will catch it and I will see it thru clear fuel filter.
I always buy small fuel filters from NAPA.

In the 37 years I have owned mine, I can not remember a single time I dropped the bowls on my carbs and did NOT see some rust dust sediment in there regardless of what filters I used.

Nessism wrote: Clean the fuel tank. Seal it if necessary. Fuel filters that flow easily at 0 psi like our bikes require are not going to filter the fuel down to some low micron level. The common gold stone filters are more like a strainer than a filter. Paper filters work better but typically need positive fuel pressure to push the fuel through.