# Fuel pump strainer: where does it even go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, pickup\ **Created:** [March 19, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-strainer-where-does-it-even-go/175726 "2021-03-19T02:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-strainer-where-does-it-even-go/175726/1 "2021-03-19T02:58:41Z")
I couldn’t get a fuel pump like my old one in the store, so I’m shopping at RockAuto (much cheaper). They tell me I may need a ‘fuel pump strainer’. I don’t even see where it would go. I bought the same model in 2009; it didn’t mention it then. Mechanical, Airtex 1330 ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-strainer-where-does-it-even-go/175726/2 "2021-03-19T03:16:44Z")
The fuel strainer in a carbureted vehicle in in the fuel tank on the end of the dip tube, this is part of the fuel level sending unit. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/b/6b63f67952b435de2f7af72dae1e6eb62334b16b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-strainer-where-does-it-even-go/175726/3 "2021-03-19T14:10:35Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > The fuel strainer in a carbureted vehicle in in the fuel tank on the end of the dip tube I’d have to drop the tank to access it?