- #Does a fuel filter get changed during time up drivers
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#Does a fuel filter get changed during time up free
Vehicle builders generally try to produce one power unit for most markets and in some of these, fuel is not clean and not free from water. Some valid points have been made above and of course, the change interval for a fuel filter of given dirt capacity will depend on the amount of fuel which has passed through it and the amount of dirt in that fuel. To your main question yes we probably change fuel filters too often but i for one will continue.ĭiesel fuel filters, changed too often? - 659FBE Some diesel cars (do all?) have a pick up strainer in the tank and i know the Merc ones get very gunged up at this first line of defence, also i bet you dont let your fuel level get too low before topping up so your not getting the floaters coming up?
#Does a fuel filter get changed during time up drivers
Years ago i drove trucks for i would say the best maintained fleet in Northants his servicing was meticulous (he didn't believe in all the hype about high mileage oils either) and when he sold his tractor units at 5 to 7 years old owner drivers were queuing up to buy them, mind you he was a gentleman also of his word and behaviour and it always helps, but he always said how cheap good servicing was compared to breakdown and downtime, and i learned much from him I note that you are going to change them anyway similar with your oil filter, sounds a bit like my idea of sevicing which is 'oil and filters are cheap and easy, engines and fuel systems are not'.įunnily enough we have just bought a new diesel toyota and the fuel filter doesn't feature on the service schedule apart from draining water off, i personally don't agree with that and it will be getting a new one periodically, but what the devil is the thinking behind that? Hi Oilrag, i too have cut open fuel filters before and sometimes found them absolutely filthy, i reckon a lot depends on how clean the garage tanks are or lucky? you are when you fill up. fact is, they really are VERY clean when you cut one open.ĭiesel fuel filters, changed too often? - gordonbennet I have no serious intention of leaving the Derv filters.but. I change the *oil* filters at half the normal interval and this is just debate really. The way I see it is that the filter medium would gradually become more efficient as the mileage increased and as for water, have found less than half a teaspoon in around 400,000 cumulative mileage in the family fleet. This one was 50% past its specified change interval based on the empirical evidence of the last 15 years servicing the family diesels. Wish I had the equipment to measure the flow and back pressure in one, at new and then at extended mileages.įunny what you develop an interest in =) But I last did this about 12 years ago with a Prima in a Maestro and the result was the same.īut has anyone seen a Derv filter run up to an extended mileage without being touched? I actually felt I had gained nothing from the change and that I might as well have left it alone. Drained and `opened` the canister type fom one car at the service yesterday, it was clean inside and not one drop of water. I have suspected for a long time that diesel fuel filters have an easy life using normal pump fuel. With due apologies for touching on this topic before,I have cut another fuel filter open for examination. Diesel fuel filters, changed too often? - oilrag
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