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9200IH
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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Location: Mid Michigan
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: Fuel Filters How Often |
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How often do you change your fuel filters?
15,000 30,000 45,000 ???? Or less Or more |
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duck
Joined: 16 Sep 2006
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Location: Green Bay - Wisconsin
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| I would every PM service so 10-15k miles. |
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marylandkw
Joined: 06 Sep 2005
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Location: Maryland
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:12 am Post subject: |
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I do mine every 10,000 along with my oil. Might be overkill but I run in alot of dusty environments. I also keep a spare set on the truck just in case they get dirty earlier as shown on the fuel filter restriction gauge on the dash. Had some showing 15lbs of restriction after 5k miles, changed em on the fly and all was better.
Trying to stretch their life beyond 10k for me has shown a loss of MPG. |
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bob h
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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Location: Nb
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: |
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marylandkw wrote: I do mine every 10,000 along with my oil. Might be overkill but I run in alot of dusty environments. I also keep a spare set on the truck just in case they get dirty earlier as shown on the fuel filter restriction gauge on the dash. Had some showing 15lbs of restriction after 5k miles, changed em on the fly and all was better.
Trying to stretch their life beyond 10k for me has shown a loss of MPG.
Sounds like you need a primary filter added to your fuel system. |
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Sabine
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
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Location: Fredericktown, MO
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:10 am Post subject: |
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every service, and once in between services in the winter especially. No one can figure out why, but I get a loss of power, smoke, sputtering and it all goes away with the quick fuel filter change.
BTW all 5 trucks my company has are that way and we service them every 12k -15k. |
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bob h
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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Location: Nb
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Sabine wrote: every service, and once in between services in the winter especially. No one can figure out why, but I get a loss of power, smoke, sputtering and it all goes away with the quick fuel filter change.
BTW all 5 trucks my company has are that way and we service them every 12k -15k.
OEM filters? ...or no? |
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heavyhaulerss
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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Location: north alabama
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: OEM filters? ...or no?
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ever since reading post here & talking to others I now go with oem on everything I replace. :lol: |
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cowdoc
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| We replace when I report loss of power/lugging. I've argued for more frequent but got nowhere. |
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GMAN
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
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Location: Tennessee
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I always change my fuel filters when I do a pm. Sabine, if you are having problems with sputtering and loss of power, you may be getting water in your fuel. You may want to suggest to your company that they get something to get rid of the water. If it continues it could cause you a problem with an injector. I always use CAT filters. |
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Tatertot
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree with 10k miles, dirty looking or not. Most people will overlook this, but will religiously check tire pressure, lower speed and stare at that dash computer, etc. The filter is $10, and I make that back up in a couple hours of driving. I do PM's at around 20k. |
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