but.. its not, its cheep AF, much cheaper than Nictane and filters are available at like Walmart! i dont know if it is or not but there crazy cheap and available everywhere. Not to mention that it fixes the one issue of air bubbles via that heater T.
its technically making it less complicated.
That's really warped logic if you're coming up with 'less complicated' for all that. If you want to do it and want to spend money you don't have to just say so, but don't try and twist it into something that it's not.
The least expensive option is the easiest, and if the thermo T is really a thorn in your side use the older (and very cheap) Mk2 filters with only the bleeder screw on them. These also have water drain on them too. Did I mention they're cheap?
How many of these filters does a person go through anyway?
I use the early A2 diesel filters, that get rid of the thermo T. They’re not 2 micron, but I haven’t had a fuel contamination issue.
-Todd
Same thing I'm using right now on the B3V Todd.
As for cheap, Rock Auto was selling the Bosch OE filter for Mk3 / B4 TDI about a year ago on clearance for around $9 each. I stocked up on them, think I bought the last four they had after pointing it out to others via PM.
I still have at least two Mk2 non-T filters to go through also, and those were acquired somewhere for very little.
I recognize these aren't 2 micron but I doubt that in the dead of a mid-west winter I'd be able to pull through a 2 micron filter anyway, at least not without causing the IP some distress.
Again, if you want to do it that's great, but it is indeed a solution in search of a problem.
Steve