How do you clean out the bottom of the fuel filter housing??
This truck has never been in mud ...but there is crud (specs) in the bottom of the bowl

15,000 miles on her

 

Why not open the drain in the bottom and pour some clean fuel in to flush it out or you could use a lint free cloth to wipe it out.

 

With only 15k miles on it and mud in it, you might want to change where you fill up at.

 

I've changed mine twice now and both times had a small amount of sediment in the bottom which is normal. If you have larger debris I would also recommend changing where you fuel up at.

I just use a lint free rag to soak it up and wipe it out.

 

Just take it off and clean it.

Don't use a shop vac!

 

clean with tooth brush and clean fuel while clean out is open. if this happens alot check the two vent hoses on fuel tank to see if they are open or have filters on them.there is a tsb or a recall for this problem on 06 trucks.

 

I got under and saw the vent hoses are open...got some gas filters to keep solids out...thanks for the Idea, Flip

 

that might be like the time my dad was telling me about the oyxgen acetylene balloon

 

I was getting some blue crap in the bottom of my filter. It looked like gasket sealent. I changed my filter at 2500 miles (just to do it) and saw the gunk. Use some clean diesel to flush it out. Then changed the filter again (to check for blue gunk) at 5K. More blue gunk. Grrrrrrrrr.

Switched gas stations. Checked Fuel filter at 7500. Clean as a whistle. Can't say 100% it was the gas station I usually frequent, so who knows. At least the gunk was getting filtered.