Fuel pump strainer replacement

[motocopter]

Might want to make a note of this part number. The filter not only works for the Concours 14, but looks to fit the ZX-14’s, and Z1000’s as well.

Kawasaki part number 49019-0013. You can find it for a 2013 Kawasaki 750 side-by-side (not sure what they are calling it).

I’ve got spares and plan to replace every time the valve clearance is checked/adjusted. Also, one is going in my ride-away kit, so I can replace on the road it needed (gas stations do not have glass tanks and what we pump is on blind faith).

My original thread http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=14860.0

Hope this helps those having a strainer problem.

[VirginiaJim]

Excellent!  Thanks! 

[VirginiaJim]

Does anyone know if the fuel pump is the same throughout the model years?

[gPink]

Same all years

49040
PUMP-FUEL
49040-0024
$272.31

[pistole]

very good

[BudCallaghan]

Might want to make a note of this part number. The filter not only works for the Concours 14, but looks to fit the ZX-14’s, and Z1000’s as well.

Kawasaki part number 49019-0013. You can find it for a 2013 Kawasaki 750 side-by-side (not sure what they are calling it).

I’ve got spares and plan to replace every time the valve clearance is checked/adjusted. Also, one is going in my ride-away kit, so I can replace on the road it needed (gas stations do not have glass tanks and what we pump is on blind faith).

I have yet to take my fuel pump apart to clean its filter so am basing my question on the pictures I've seen.  The filter depicted in your original post appears to be different than the 49019-0013 filter in this post.  Are you certain that the two are either the same or will interchange?  Looking at the parts diagram for the C14 and for the TERYX 750 show that they both use a fuel pump that show similar part numbers (49040-0024 for the C14 and 49040-0718 for the TERYX 750) but are priced very differently and the C14 does not list a fuel filter as the TERYX does.  Do you or anyone else know for certain that filter 49019-0013 will interchange with the allegedly non replaceable filter in the C14's fuel pump?  I would like to know before I actually remove my fuel pump to clean the filter as I would much rather replace it with a new one than clean the original. 

[motocopter]

Let's see if this helps. The new strainer in the pictures is the very same piece.

Cleaning is a misnomer because the filter won't be totally clean like what may be experienced cleaning a K&N air filter - it only delays the inevitable. Look at mine which was cleaned, but still looks nasty. That crap is inside the strainer in a thin layer of absorbent material. Besides there isn't very much surface area to this strainer.

Markings on the strainer are what helped to locate a replacement. On the original strainer "POM 2" is there. POM is short for Polyoxymethylene. I had hoped it was a manufacturer. The 2 designates 2% POM in the material. My take away regarding POM is that it adds heat resistance and tensile strength.

So, the replacement strainer has the marking "POM1." Yes, 1% POM. What is the one percent difference of POM mean to me? Nothing yet. Both strainers are designed to be submerge in gasoline and are prior to the pressure so, the gasoline is still at tank temperature. In the dissertation linked below, the difference between POM1 and POM2 appears maybe to be insignificant for the environment we operate the C14. The real gain appears to be with POM5.

So, with our tanks right behind the engine (even with insulation), and if this POM1 strainer will ever have a deformation problem, it will show up at some point. But then again, slow moving ATV's in the hot desert could have a warm fuel tank as well.

Here are some references if needed for POM. The second is really technical and I could only pull out some details. If anyone is a chemist, please feel free to interpret.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyoxymethylene

http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2012/x_guo_073012.pdf

[BudCallaghan]

Let's see if this helps. The new strainer in the pictures is the very same piece.

Cleaning is a misnomer because the filter won't be totally clean like what may be experienced cleaning a K&N air filter - it only delays the inevitable. Look at mine which was cleaned, but still looks nasty. That crap is inside the strainer in a thin layer of absorbent material. Besides there isn't very much surface area to this strainer.

Thanks for the quick and thorough reply.  Your second sentence probably contains all the information I needed to assure me that purchasing the filter prior to removing and disassembling the fuel pump will satisfy my desire to have the correctly fitting replacement in hand to complete the job.  I know that cleaning the original part is a misnomer as you will never be able to actually clean it.  That's why I want to follow your lead and the very helpful information by replacing the filter with a new item.  I will call my local dealer on Tuesday to order the part now that I am assured that it will fit in the pump.  As for POM1 or POM2, that probably doesn't make a bit of difference as the two pumps are essentially the same, just as are the gasoline temperature variables for the vehicles involved in the comparison are so similar.