How often do you change your Fuel Filter
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How often do you change your Fuel Filter
Last January, I had a Air Dog system put in and my tank cleaned.
How often, miles or months, do you change your filter?
How often, miles or months, do you change your filter?
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IMO,
i have a fass150 pump only and use the stock fuel filter, I'm getting fuel from the same 2 sources i usually change it before winter and change it again in march. I'm not around a lot of winter blend fuel. I also change my inline filter that fass places between pump and tank at the same time. my yearly mileage is usually 6-9k miles if that. its cheap insurance.
if you are talking the full filters that come with the pump you installed and live where its cold and they due use winter blend for 4-5 months changing prior or after the winter months. but have never used this type of pump w/filters.
I also every 6 months or when i do the oil change open up my fuel valve on my stock canister to drain out any very little water.
i have a fass150 pump only and use the stock fuel filter, I'm getting fuel from the same 2 sources i usually change it before winter and change it again in march. I'm not around a lot of winter blend fuel. I also change my inline filter that fass places between pump and tank at the same time. my yearly mileage is usually 6-9k miles if that. its cheap insurance.
if you are talking the full filters that come with the pump you installed and live where its cold and they due use winter blend for 4-5 months changing prior or after the winter months. but have never used this type of pump w/filters.
I also every 6 months or when i do the oil change open up my fuel valve on my stock canister to drain out any very little water.
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How often do you change oil?
When the oil & fuel prices jumped several years back I went from changing every 5000 to 10000.
I now drive the truck so infrequently like every 2 or 3 weeks to keep the batteries up, I have gone back to every 5000
When the oil & fuel prices jumped several years back I went from changing every 5000 to 10000.
I now drive the truck so infrequently like every 2 or 3 weeks to keep the batteries up, I have gone back to every 5000
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IMO,
i have a fass150 pump only and use the stock fuel filter, I'm getting fuel from the same 2 sources i usually change it before winter and change it again in march. I'm not around a lot of winter blend fuel. I also change my inline filter that fass places between pump and tank at the same time. my yearly mileage is usually 6-9k miles if that. its cheap insurance.
if you are talking the full filters that come with the pump you installed and live where its cold and they due use winter blend for 4-5 months changing prior or after the winter months. but have never used this type of pump w/filters.
I also every 6 months or when i do the oil change open up my fuel valve on my stock canister to drain out any very little water.
i have a fass150 pump only and use the stock fuel filter, I'm getting fuel from the same 2 sources i usually change it before winter and change it again in march. I'm not around a lot of winter blend fuel. I also change my inline filter that fass places between pump and tank at the same time. my yearly mileage is usually 6-9k miles if that. its cheap insurance.
if you are talking the full filters that come with the pump you installed and live where its cold and they due use winter blend for 4-5 months changing prior or after the winter months. but have never used this type of pump w/filters.
I also every 6 months or when i do the oil change open up my fuel valve on my stock canister to drain out any very little water.
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I too get my fuel from one of two places most of the year.
My fuel pressure rarely goes below 13 lbs with the FASS, but I just have the 95GPH with a small pre filter, which I just changed out and cut open...2-3 little bits of dirt that may have been from the initial opening of the fuel tank when I retro'd the sender and intank pump. I was also surpised to see a near spotless inside of my fuel tank....
I think you have a good plan
My fuel pressure rarely goes below 13 lbs with the FASS, but I just have the 95GPH with a small pre filter, which I just changed out and cut open...2-3 little bits of dirt that may have been from the initial opening of the fuel tank when I retro'd the sender and intank pump. I was also surpised to see a near spotless inside of my fuel tank....
I think you have a good plan
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if you haven't yet call AirDog and ask them what they would suggest with your driving style etc. those filters are not cheap to be putting new ones on just due to time vise miles used. I would really think you would be able to get at least 12-15k miles from those big filters especially if you are getting fuel from good sources. Also if you are running the pre screen filter between the tank and airdog those are like a 180 micron to catch big stuff before the airdog. I have seen those upward of 12$ , crazy price. Napa sells them in a 3/8 and 1/2 size as well as fleetguard. I think Genos garage does too. so check prices cause as we know all those filters will add up.
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If you get the NAPA inline prefilter one make sure its for diesel, it has the metal screen filter epoxied in, not the paper filter for the gassers....
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I change all my filters every 5,000 miles when I do my oil. It's real dusty around here.
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