This was a first for me. I changed the oil and the fuel filters on my wife's 2013 2500 (it's about the same as mine only with a short bed) this past Saturday. Everything was going smoothly until I tried to start it. The first time I tried, it fired and ran for about two seconds then shut off. So I went through the priming procedure again and tried to start it. This time it wouldn't fire at all. Rinse, repeat several more times with the same result. At this point, I had no idea what was going on. I didn't do anything different this oil change than I had on all the other oil changes on both of our trucks, so I figured that I must have gotten it air locked some how. Got it towed to my local shop (AAA comes in handy sometimes) and they found that the issue was the rear fuel filter. It wasn't engaging the drain back valve properly so no fuel was getting into the filter. They replaced that filter, primed it, and now it runs just fine.
The filter that I put on it was a Mopar filter that I purchased off of Amazon. In fact, both fuel filters I used are Mopar filters I got off of Amazon. This is the first time that I have ever had an issue like this with a filter. I primarily use either Fleetguard or Mopar filters (depending on price/availability). When the shop told me it was the fuel filter, the first thing that I thought of was the thread that someone posted on here a while back about counterfeit Mopar filters being sold on E-Bay and Amazon. It now makes me wonder if I got one of the counterfeit filters or one that just slipped through Q/A. The packaging and everything on these filters looked legit to me, so I used them in good faith. Silly me! All I know is that I am done buying filters off of Amazon. The shop replaced the defective Mopar filter with a Baldwin filter and I have a Wix fuel filter on the rear of my truck because of availability issues with Mopar and Fleetguard filters last summer when I changed my oil.
Anyway, I just wanted to put this out there for you all as a word of caution. This was the most expensive Mopar filter that I never used.
-Tim
2013 Ram 2500 Laramie QC LB 4x4, Thuren Fabrication adjustable track bar, sway bar kit, and 2" leveling kit, Bilstein 5100 shocks, Westin Chrome Ultimate Bull Bar, Weatherguard Saddle Box, Line-X Bed Liner, Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT's LT315/70/R17
The filter that I put on it was a Mopar filter that I purchased off of Amazon. In fact, both fuel filters I used are Mopar filters I got off of Amazon. This is the first time that I have ever had an issue like this with a filter. I primarily use either Fleetguard or Mopar filters (depending on price/availability). When the shop told me it was the fuel filter, the first thing that I thought of was the thread that someone posted on here a while back about counterfeit Mopar filters being sold on E-Bay and Amazon. It now makes me wonder if I got one of the counterfeit filters or one that just slipped through Q/A. The packaging and everything on these filters looked legit to me, so I used them in good faith. Silly me! All I know is that I am done buying filters off of Amazon. The shop replaced the defective Mopar filter with a Baldwin filter and I have a Wix fuel filter on the rear of my truck because of availability issues with Mopar and Fleetguard filters last summer when I changed my oil.
Anyway, I just wanted to put this out there for you all as a word of caution. This was the most expensive Mopar filter that I never used.
-Tim
2013 Ram 2500 Laramie QC LB 4x4, Thuren Fabrication adjustable track bar, sway bar kit, and 2" leveling kit, Bilstein 5100 shocks, Westin Chrome Ultimate Bull Bar, Weatherguard Saddle Box, Line-X Bed Liner, Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT's LT315/70/R17