I have a 2004.5 Dodge Ram with the CTD. It only has about 6K on it since I use it to pull my trailer. I m going on a longer trip next week and decided that maybe I should change the fuel filter since it is almost 3 years old. I tried my local truck garage who did carry cummins/fleetgard filters, however, they do not seem to be stocking them like the did.

I went to Advanced and they had a Purolator Fuel Filter (F55360). I used Purolator in my cars for years and thought they were okay.

Should I change my fuel filter due to it being almost 3 years old even though it only has 6K on it?

Are the Purolator Fuel Filters okay to use?

 

I would think you are fine until you hit 15K on the filter. A fuel pressure guage would tell you for sure.

 

True.
How long is the "Longer" trip? I would probably just change it to know you have a new one in there for the trip. Worst case just make sure you have a spare (or 2) and the tools to change it while on the trip.

 

You should change it by the book. Time or mileage. You are depending on that fuel filter for water separating too. It my loose its ability over time.

 

twhman, I have been using Purolator fuel and oil filters since 2001 in my trucks. I buy them at Advance Auto and have had no problems with them.

 

DO NOT USE Purolator oil filter on Cummins engines, 1. They're not approved. 2. I have had 2 come apart internally on me.

 

According to Cummins and Chrysler they are approved.

NUMBER: 09-004-01
GROUP: Engine
DATE: May 18, 2001
This bulletin is supplied as technical information only and is not an authorization for repair. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retreival system,
or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without written permission of DaimlerChrysler Corporation.
SUBJECT:
Engine Lubrication
MODELS:
1989 - 1993 (AD) Ram Truck
1994 - 2001 (BR/BE) Ram Truck
NOTE: THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES 1989 — 2001 MY 2500 AND 3500 RAM TRUCKS
EQUIPPED WITH THE 5.9L CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE.
DISCUSSION:
Customer may complain of high oil consumption, grey oil smoke coming out of the
exhaust or breather tube, or mechanical knocking. Neoprene compounds used internally
in the manufacture of oil filters not recommended by DaimlerChrysler may separate
from the filter, lodge in the piston cooling nozzle, and can fail the engine.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN ENGINE DEFECT.
(See the table below for a list of oil filters recommended by DaimlerChrysler
for use with the 5.9L Cummins diesel engine.)
NOTE: SECTION 2.7 OF THE TRUCK WARRANTY MANUAL STATES
“DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
FAILURES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER REPAIR OR THE USE OF PARTS
WHICH ARE NOT GENUINE DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION
/ MOPAR OR DIAMLERCHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION / MOPAR
APPROVED PARTS.” DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE USE OF OIL FILTERS NOT
APPROVED BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER MAY NOT BE COVERED BY THE NEW
VEHICLE WARRANTY. DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING
OIL FILTERS. DO NOT USE ANY OIL FILTER CONTAINING NEOPRENE.
PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS.
RECOMMENDED OIL FILTERS FOR USE WITH CUMMINS 5.9L DIESEL ENGINE:
Part No. Manufactuer
05016547AC Mopar
LF3894 Fleetguard Stratopore
LF3552 Fleetguard Microglas
09-004-01 -2-
Part No. Manufactuer
LF3959 Fleetguard Cellulose
3937695 Cummins Cellulose
FL896 MotorCraft Cellulose
L45335 Purolator Cellulose
PF1070 AC Delco Cellulose

 

Your bulletin is for 2001 back Cummins. Mine was an 04.5 and two (Puralators)of them came apart internally. But it's your engine. I won't put another discount filter on a Cummins.

 

I used a Purolater fuel filter last fall when I could not get a Fleetguard. I had it in there for 3800 miles through the wintertime. I changed it out this spring and did not have any problem while it was in use and I have a 2006.

 

You should change that fuel filter immediately. You should change the fuel filter at least once a year, even if the vehicle only travels a few thousand miles per year, I would also add a healthy dose of the fuel treatment of your choice. As far as Purolator filters go, all I can say is for the ones that I have used I have never had any problems, however I use only Fleetguard filters on my 06.


Tim

 

I would also change that filter. As a rule I change my filter every fall so I have a clean filter for winter. Less filter plugging during winter that way

 

Why for the love of me would you try another one if the first one came apart.

 

Only Fleetguard for my trash!

 

I did not realize it until the second one. When I removed the 2nd one I noticed the internals were loose inside the filter. I still had the first one sitting in the shop on the filter drain. I inspected it and found the same. I'm really not the idiot I was made out to be. That would be installing a third after finding the first two.

 

You're not an idiot - even we professionals can't catch everything the 1st time around!