Any other fuel filter besides FG?

[TCDiesel]

Zinga ZAE-03 W/O Water, will get 50% of 2mics, 95% 3mics, 98% 4mics all on the 1st Pass,this filter was so good we had to stop using it ,it was plugging weeky,semi monthly,on use GPD.

So it sounds like a moot point if you cant use it. We would probably spend more in replacement filters weekly than if we continued with our setups and chanced something getting through... Gotta weigh the cost to benefit here.



Sounds like what you are saying is IF we had an Aux tank, this would be a good set up. [/QUOTE]



Exactly. My last AE-03AZL lasted 1. 5 Years 2355 gallons . I ran My factory can filter 32k,If it would not have been for the Bio,I would have put it back in and ran another 12k.

 

[TCDiesel]

The ZAE-03 was at the shop Tank were we go thorough about 500 gallons Per Week depending on the seasons.

 

[AH64ID]

They may have the flow rate, but lack the single pass filtration for single filter use on our trucks. The stock filter gets 98. 7% of 7um particles on one pass, and 96% of 5um particles. On a single pass I have a 25um absolute, 5um absolute, and 2um absolute filter, and 2 filters rated at 95% free and 95% emulsified water removal (OE specs 7um absolute and 95% free/emulsified sep). . pretty sure nothing is getting thru that will hurt the fuel system.

Every Fleetguard filter I have spec sheets for has a max of . 73 psi drop over the filter at rated flow.

I will be looking very hard at one of those filters for our aux tank we take elk hunting, but for truck use I just don't see it being practical.

 

[TCDiesel]

The Stock filter is that good... . If you don't mind can you post the chart with that rating. . or the Link. The reason I ask is fond in the Pictures,This pump was a Reman form us install less then 2 weeks,the truck stop running and he blame the failure on us,As you can see the rust,this pump would never leave her in that condition ( I do all the R/R),after this by my recommendation he pull the rail and injector, sure enough rust everywhere.

 

[AH64ID]

Direct from Fleetguard.



The stock filter takes a bad rap, but there are many (most actually) aftermarket OE style filters that don't meet OE spec. Wix for example won't even state if the filter is f/w sep or not, and the published info on it shows that it doesn't meet OE spec for filtration.



The other issue is that water easily passes thru separation filters if an additive with alcohol is used.

 

[TCDiesel]

Only a fool would add Alcohol to Diesel Fuel.

 

[TCDiesel]

5. 79 burst pressure.



Applying an element with insufficient strength can result in a fully loaded element failing and

releasing all of the previously captured contaminant along with filter element materials into the

system. This sudden release of contaminant will surely cause catastrophic failure.



So if you are running 10psi it easy to blow right thru it. I believe this is how water gets pass the factory filter.

 

[TCDiesel]

The CP3 is a negative pressure feed pump so J-1895 would Not apply, Unless the Test was done with Vacuum or negative pressure on the internal side of the filter.

 

[AH64ID]

J1985 is single pass filtration specs, I don't believe it matters if its a pressure or vacuum filter. The CP3 may have the ability to draw fuel, but in a lift pump truck the pressure is positive not negative. Just look at your fuel psi gauge, its in positive psi.

If the elements were failing then we would see it upon removal. The pressure has to be a differential pressure to cause a failure, if the psi is 10 on both sides of the filter than the effective pressure is zero. If you exceed the filters holding capacity of 14g dirt then you could get a 5. 79psi differential and then have issues.

And I agree on alcohol, but it happens and probably more often than we want to realize.

 

[TCDiesel]

Then what causes the water intrusion... I could post pictures of the cross over tubes rusted to the point of hammering them out. Injector bores so badly rusted the head was done.

 

[AH64ID]

I really don't know. Are people using the wrong filter? Running too long on the same filter? Running alcohol? Its really hard to say, but if it was a problem with the filter it would be a epidemic, and its not.

 

[TCDiesel]

Well I can only speak for what is ship here or work on Here,Yes I have pull the filter and have found water,the filter had to deterioration,or visual failure. . My bank bank account(s) are doing well B/C of the failures.

 

[AH64ID]

I personally haven't seen any filter issues on my truck, but I run the Baldwin. I also haven't found any water in my filters in a LONG time, this is drains and looking in the bowl.

Its hard to say, and I know it happens (more often than it should), but I really don't think the filter is to blame?