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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: shwartzbewithyou on September 26, 2006, 09:16:22 am

Title: Do I have pre-heater
Post by: shwartzbewithyou on September 26, 2006, 09:16:22 am

I'm trying to get a fuel filter for my 1990 Jetta TD and this one is listed as for jetta's that have a "pre-heater".  Would I have one on my 1.6TD?

link to filter:
http://parts.autopartsonlinecanada.com/parts/apocanada/wizard.jsp?year=1990&make=VW&model=JET-D-001&category=E&part=Fuel+Filter

Title: Do I have pre-heater
Post by: anarchyx34 on September 26, 2006, 09:18:57 am

Do you have 4 hoses going to your filter? if so, it has the preheater. If it's only 2, it dosent have it.

Title: Do I have pre-heater
Post by: shwartzbewithyou on September 26, 2006, 11:34:33 am

Thanks, I'll take a look, I'm pretty sure it has more than 2.  So is that for coolant heating or how does the heating take place?

Title: Do I have pre-heater
Post by: jtanguay on September 26, 2006, 02:13:04 pm

I believe the heating takes place by using the warm/hot re-circulated diesel (the return line should go through the filter, and back into the tank)