fuel filter

[dripper]

what are the signs of a bad fuel filter.

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[Dylan]

Bad fuel smell, less gas mileage, that I know of there aren’t many signs of a bad fuel filter, I would just replace it once every 30K miles or so

[David Roddick]

Stumbling on acceleration under load, slow acceleration under load, and can be hard to start.

[Stephen Bowen]

All of the above. If it’s a large “Can” filter that you can get to easy? Following exact directions and all safety protocol (This is fuel after all) Neat way of seeing if it’s really good or bad is to remove it and flip it upside/down. If you see a bunch of black gunk come out? It’s time to change it.

Then again? heck, every 30,000 miles is good. (there is no such thing as a “Lifetime” anything with a car/truck……And yes I’ve seen manuals that state some filters are “LifeTime”???)

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