A device for drawing fuel for a motor vehicle tank, the device comprising a
drawing pump (100) and a fine filter (210) placed upstream from the pump
(100), and wherein: the housing (200) of the filter possesses a degassing
orifice (222) in the top portion thereof; the drawing pump (100) also
possesses a degassing orifice (130); and the filter housing (200) is
fitted with a duct (224) which extends the degassing orifice (222) of the
housing (200), opens out into a cavity (220) common to the degassing
orifice of the pump (100), and possesses a mouth (227) situated at a
height that is equal to or lower than that of the degassing orifice (130)
of the pump (100), said duct (224) being shaped so as to constitute a
siphon suitable for conveying fuel around the mouth (227) to the inside of
the filter housing (200) while the drawing pump (100) is being stopped.
