I think it was because it was like the third maintenance thing I had done in two months, they drained and replaced the power steering fluid, flushed the coolant system and flushed the tranny the month before. Maybe they decided to cut me a break.

 

My dealer charges $65. The lube place charges $43. I buy a Motorcraft filter atthe parts store for $13 and it takes about 15 minutes to change.

 

Replaced my fuel filter this weekend thanks to the info on this site. At first I couldn't get the line to move on the outlet side (front). After I sprayed some wd40 in there and spun the filter around a couple times, the scissor tool released the line. Without finding this info on this site I would have had to bring the truck into the shop to change out the filter. Thanks for the info guys!

 

How often do you guys replace your filters?

 

Just got the truck but I will be replacing mine every 10-15,000 miles. Maybe even less to avoid doing it in the middle of a North Dakota winter! The filter costs less than $15, the tool is cheap, and its an easy job once you've done it. I see no reason not to change it out often after seeing some of the crap in some of these guys' filters on here.

 

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