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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:27 PM
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Fuel filter Question

How often do you all change your fuel filter?? My fuel preasure is dropping to 5lbs if I get on it hard. This just started yesterday, I have about 3500 miles on this filter.
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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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You could take a look at it, or just go ahead and change it to be safe and see if that helps. I noticed my truck hasn't been revving to what it normally does if i floor it. So I went and bought myself a filter today, changed it, and my RPM's are back!
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Old May 31, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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I am going to change it in the morning
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 12:53 AM
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I change mine every other oil change.

5K oil, 10K fuel.

Unless of course, I see fuel pressure dropping, as I'm reading post filter.


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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 09:04 PM
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The new filter fixed it. I cut apart the old filter and do not see a problem. I guess it just needs a new one every 3500 miles.
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 11:53 PM
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The new filter fixed it. I cut apart the old filter and do not see a problem. I guess it just needs a new one every 3500 miles.
If that is the case, I would be changing where I bought my fuel! I just finished reading where another person went 82K before having to change. I just pulled mine yesterday after 30K on it, and if I hadn't just bought a bunch at the NAPA sale, I would have put this one right back in.
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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In the last 7000 miles I have not bought fuel at the same place twice. This didn't start until I bought some B20. I was out and that was all that was available. Maybe this will get over it eventually and the filters will last longer. No more biocrap for me.
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Old Jun 21, 2007 | 12:09 AM
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Well that explains it. The first time you run bio the fuel filter can get clogged up with all the junk the bio is removing.
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