tomd

I have noticed that the stock fuel filter system in my truck seems inadequate.

Filter seems small don’t you think? (I change mine between every oil change) 2-5 thousand miles, or even more than oil changes, becaust I can feel a sluggish filter in the peddal.

Has anybody better upgrades for fuel filtration? I might have to upgrade from piston lift pump to electric, but I hear that’s even better.

Pics, photo's, comments, much appreciated.

Thank you very much for any insight about the subject.

Best Regards,

dunnt

wannadiesel

Take a look in the sticky. There's one that's much longer and it threads right on.

Might want to look at the fuel pressure if you have to change filters that often. The lift pump may be very weak.

gomerpile

for some reason on mine ill drive it for like 1-1.5 weeks and it begins to feel really sluggish all of the sudden then if i drain the W/F sep. i get the power back, is this normal or is this just where i am buying fuel at Wally world

Micaiahfied

i only buy fuel at wally world here....

BearKiller

If you ditch the hard fuel lines in favor of flexible rubber lines, then you can go to a big truck graveyard and get a remote-mount dual-fuel-filter header, primary and secondary, that hold about half-a-gallon each.

El-cheapo fuel stations are notorious for dirty water-laden fuel.

Either buy at a big truck-stop, that moves a vast quantity of fuel, or at a little Mom-and-Pop country store that has ABOVE-GROUND tanks.

If a trucker suspects he got a bad dose of fuel at a particular truck-stop, the word spreads like wildfire on the C.B.; so, truck-stops are very careful to not get a bad image.

tomd

This is what I'm talking about!!! I'll be looking around.

Thank you!

Ace

I've had the same filter on since October, over 6,000 mi., no prob. Sounds like you have either algae growing in the tank, or getting some really nasty fuel somewhere. That being the case, using a bigger filter just means you'll be spending more on filters - still gonna clog up pretty quick.

olddodgetrucks

I have remote mounted ex highway tractor filters the cost of repacement is almost the same as stock filters and need less repacement a h/way tractor goes thru more fuel in one week than p/up in a year

dpuckett

That is why I installed a fuel pressure gauge in my pickup. Now I KNOW when I need to replace the fuel filter, and that the poorer performance is fuel, weather, wind related or whatever, and not a clogging filter. I have 8psi at idle and light cruise. I can get down to the 0-3 range if I stomp it hard; drops to 3-4psi if I top 3000rpm.

Daniel

tomd

Yes, I would like a fuel pressure gauge for sure.

My old jeep had

Fuel psi gauge and vacuum gauge, and between the two I was able to diagnose almost any problem on the Chevy 283.

Had all the other gauges too...

It was sold to get my Dodge!