Just for curiosity sake I took my old filter from my '02 Golf and cut it open to see how bad it was. I had been having stumbling issue under load and bubbles in the clear line and it went away after changing the filter.
well you decide if the pump could get enough fuel. this is approximately 45,000 km's
This is the canister cut open, you can see it is quite dirty.
This is the plate which the filter medium sit on, below that is the water seperator area.
This is the filter medium which is supposed to be white in color not brown poo color.
Another side shot of filter medium
I also replaced the Fuel Temp Sensor which was throwing a code, and when I took it out there was rust on the screws holding it in, guess that means water was getting in there.
well you decide if the pump could get enough fuel. this is approximately 45,000 km's
This is the canister cut open, you can see it is quite dirty.
This is the plate which the filter medium sit on, below that is the water seperator area.
This is the filter medium which is supposed to be white in color not brown poo color.
Another side shot of filter medium
I also replaced the Fuel Temp Sensor which was throwing a code, and when I took it out there was rust on the screws holding it in, guess that means water was getting in there.