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Have you not changed your fuel filter in awhile? Fuel filters are probably the most neglected preventative maintenance. Fuel filters screen out dirt and rust particles that may have gotten into your fuel tank or lines. Clogged fuel filters can add a variety of issues to your vehicle and extra wear to your fuel system.

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Old 06-21-2007, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by RamSS/T
Extremely interesting....neither my truck (2004) nor my dads truck (2005) have the rubber line piece with the orange clip. Our fuel line is connected to the filter at the blue clip (which runs all the way to the filter...not 12in or so away from it).

I know a lot of other peoples are that way too because you here them talk about breaking the blue clips.

Blue clip here also..

 
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nice write up
 
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Old 06-21-2007, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SVT Pilot
No, but since I buy the cheapest 89 octane in town it would probably be a good idea. Now I'm curious...........
Here you go, my filter. And this is with good gas. (Gas on the filtered side was clean)



 
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Old 06-21-2007, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Stealth
Here you go, my filter. And this is with good gas. (Gas on the filtered side was clean)



Wow...time to change my filter...
 
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Old 06-21-2007, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Stealth
Here you go, my filter. And this is with good gas. (Gas on the filtered side was clean)



Wow . How many miles on that one?
 
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Old 06-21-2007, 11:12 PM
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Is this deja vu?
 
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Old 06-21-2007, 11:25 PM
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WOW I guess with 125,000 miles, I should change mine! I'll try to wiegh mine vs. a new one.
 
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Old 06-21-2007, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Power Kid
WOW I guess with 125,000 miles, I should change mine! I'll try to wiegh mine vs. a new one.
WTF?

Only in Canuckia ....

Every 15K miles.... it's called preventative maintenance for a reason.

Love to see yours when you cut it open LOL!

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Nicely done, SVT. Thanks.

Is there any correlation to truck config/bed length for the fuel line differences? Mine has only the blue clip.
 
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Old 06-22-2007, 02:47 AM
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Wow . How many miles on that one?
32,000. Never again, I'll switch every 15,000 from now on.
 
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Old 06-30-2007, 12:38 PM
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Thank you for the tutorial. I just changed my filter at 50096 miles in my truck. My gosh was it a huge PITA to get the orange clip out. It ended up breaking off. The filter I got as a replacement contained two clips so I am covered.

The color of my gas on the tank side was very discolored.

Overall it took me about 30 minutes after wrestling out the clips to make sure I didn't break anything else.

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Now my truck no longer seems sluggish on quick acceleration. No more lunging as I try to accelerate. Seems almost like a different truck.

Thanks again !!
 
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Old 06-30-2007, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MGDfan
WTF?

Only in Canuckia ....

Every 15K miles.... it's called preventative maintenance for a reason.

Love to see yours when you cut it open LOL!
LMAO!

PS: I'm only 200 miles away from my filter change. .
 
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Old 06-30-2007, 11:56 PM
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Thanks for the feedback guys .

Turd Furguson: where did you get the filter that came with 2 clips? I won't attempt this again unless I have some extras on hand.
 
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Old 07-01-2007, 12:23 PM
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I picked up a pack of clips from my local AutoZone for very little. Nice to have on hand for future changes.
 
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Old 07-01-2007, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SVT Pilot
Thanks for the feedback guys .

Turd Furguson: where did you get the filter that came with 2 clips? I won't attempt this again unless I have some extras on hand.
Auto Parts is the store name. I believe there is a handful of them locally.

The kit was made in Taiwan so I am not sure how well built the filter is, but the dual clips was nice. I had to do a minor trim to get the clip back into place, but everything snugged up correctly with no leaking.

I can get the bar code and a picture if you like of the box I got.
 
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Old 07-01-2007, 12:45 PM
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Lets see that pic of bar code and box then.
 


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