fuel reservoir before pump

[jinkly]

hello,
I'm renewing all of my fuel pipes and I don't know if this reservoir (20) is useless or not:

http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E30/2-doors/Europe/M3-S14/LHD/M/1986/december/browse/fuel_supply/fuel_pump/

It's no more on the BMW spares catalogue.
I'm not going to reinstall it.
What do you think about?
Thanks.

[hardtailer]

do a search for 'pulse dampener', it can be left out.

[UweM3]

do a search for 'pulse dampener', it can be left out.

he is not talking about the pulse damper. There is a little "can" before the fuel pump and I wouldn't delete it. Seems to act like a little extra buffer by the looks of it.

[xworks]

are you sure it's NLA? I only ask cause I got a price on it
last week from the main dealer.

[jinkly]

do a search for 'pulse dampener', it can be left out.

yes it is. The damper is #14.

[jinkly]

are you sure it's NLA? I only ask cause I got a price on it
last week from the main dealer.

I asked for it and there is no reference, at least here in Spain.

Do you have the complete reference of it?
Thanks in advance.

[hardtailer]

you asked for #20 in your first post. That seems to be a piece of hose nowadays (Uwe, your right it's not the usually mentioned damper, although it'S referred to as another damper in this diagram http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E3...ply/fuel_pump/. It probably dampens the pulses from the lift pump inside the fuel tank ) so that should answer your question, i.e. it can be left out.
#14 is the damper and can be definately be left out.

[jinkly]

you asked for #20 in your first post. That seems to be a piece of hose nowadays (Uwe, your right it's not the usually mentioned damper, although it'S referred to as another damper in this diagram http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E3...ply/fuel_pump/. It probably dampens the pulses from the lift pump inside the fuel tank ) so that should answer your question, i.e. it can be left out.
#14 is the damper and can be definately be left out.

OK. Thanks :gotcha: