I just finished installing my fuel filter and it was kind of strange, most the fuel that came out of the old one was clear, but then it started getting kind of mucky and had some crap in it, that is from the "in" side of it, the gas that came out of the "out" part was clear. The gas coming from both of the lines was clear too, but there must be alot of crap in the filter. I'm going to cut it open tommarrow (or maybe later tonight) and I'll post some pics.

I dont know how many miles were on the old filter, it came with the car, but I did drop my gas tank yesterday to replace some lines on it and checked inside of it and it looked brand new. All of the injectors are well within spec too.

 

That would be a good thing.
Clean gas going to engine, dirt trapped in filter.

 

Sounds like you replaced a filter that functioned properly and as designed. Nothing weird about your findings

MIKE

 

Cutting open a fuel filter.......... Let me state, I will NOT be anywhere close to him when he uses his pneumatic grinder to cust this open. haha

 

haha! BOOM,fire bomb.
maybe u should consider getting a hack saw and just cutting though it by hand, if u really wana see whats inside..if thats bad i wonder what the "bag" filter looks like on the pump inself
what kind of fuel do u normaly use?

 

I normally use 93octane arco, but I've only put about 2000 miles on the car since I've owned it, this filter looks as if it could be origonal, or atleast based on how hard it was to get off, its been on there a while.

ok, time to go cut it open, yaaay! hehehehehehe

 

: need fire extinguisher yet?

 

I'm curious on what the inside looks like too, but for the love of everything intelligent, use a hacksaw!

 

lol, na, there was alittle smoke but nothing to worry about.
I think it was wayyy past time for a new filter, this one had some crap that looks like mud in it (you can see it on the second picture, some of it creeped out when I was cutting.



Another shot:
http://garage.digitalbeta.net/images...r/P1010040.JPG

 

hacksaw this took only a minute to cut threw, besides, fire = fun

 

man, that's dirty ! Good thing non of that crap got into the engine. I don't remember my old filter dripping dirty (well..not that dirty) gas. Wonder if that is the original filter.

 

That's definately not a OEM filter, looks more like a Purulator filter

MIKE

 

yeah it def. isnt factory
im not sure if all that stuff is good or bad?
LOL u couldn't get the top fuel line off of it!



good pic

 

top or bottom lines wouldnt come off, so instead of mangling it even more I just hacked them off .

 

wow....how long since you had that filter in there and what gasoline grade did you used? You might wanna try new gas station to pump your car next time cuz some of 'em cheap places such as Sam Club has known to have problems.

 

Courtesynissan is selling the OE filter for around $12 bucks. Dirt cheap. Don't see any need for a Purulator substitution.

 

no, Mike wasnt saying to use one, he was just answering a question I had of if it was an OEM filter or aftermarket.

I replaced mine with a Napa Gold FIL-3023

 

 

It's all dirty because you keep using that crappy gas from Arco. Stop being so cheap and start going to Chevron!

j/k

That did need to be replaced, though

 

NOOO.

I'm going to change the Durango's fuel filter, about 95% of the time its on Arco (the only time it isnt is on road trips when we cant find one, hehhe). Then I'll change the subaru's and see how it looks (overdue aswell).

 

Chris has a point Shawn. :P I bet the Durango filter is just as bad! hehehe

 

Yeah, I just replaced mine too & it wasnt that bad, but pretty bad. Man, I think I needed to do that along time ago.