Baldwin fuel filters

[Grey Wolf]

Scott, put your zip code in the box and hopefully there's one close by... .



Baldwin Filters



GW

 

[Triton]

Don't know that it matters or matters to you guys but, Cummins states Baldwin filter do not meet their standards. It is a marketing bulletin though... . To each their own though :-laf Cummins Filtration

 

[llotton]

Triton do you know when those tests were run and if they used the same Baldwin Filter number, given that it is a new one. ?

 

[NLeach]

where in that does it test the cummins fleetguard filter against the baldwin we are using now?Do they even pretain to the 5. 9, or maybe some other engine? have used it for most of the miles I have on my truck,runs great,no issues with fuel flow(9psi stock at idle 8 at throttle) so it shows no restriction compared to the stock 10 micron(or 7) that is came with. I trust bladwin since they are a reputable company and until I find hard evidence that these filters dont work I am going to keep using them.

 

[SBeretz]

Thanks Grey Wolf, I looked for one local, but the closet is about 50 miles away, I will try and call and see what the deal is. Maybe they can send me 5 or more for a good price. I like the idea of a 5 mic filter without having to mess around with an extra system. Scotty

 

[Lektrikman]

Baldwin PF7977 fuel filters

Guys, I just went to the Baldwin website to look up my local vendor and while I was there I cross referenced the subject filter into an OEM filter and it crossed over to a Fleetguard/Cummins FS19800. If memory serves me right the FS19800 is a 7 micron filter. One probable reason why the manufacturers aren't making a 2 or 5 micron filter for our engines could be the fuel filter canister installed on the engine is pretty small to have a 2 or 5 micron filter installed in it and wouldn't have much dirt holding capacity or life. That's why the filter GDP sells is roughly twice the physical size of our engine mounted filter, so the dirt holding capacity and life of the filter is greater. All this discussion about filters doesn't even take in to account the pressure drop through the respective filter which is a major concern, especially to a truck that is producing more than stock horsepower. Obviously a filter with more filter area will have a smaller pressure drop for any given micron size.

One additional item to be aware of is manufacturers often test their filters by different SAE test methods, so unless competing filters are tested to the same SAE test the information presented may be somewhat confusing.

Just my two cents... ... ... ... Lektrikman

 

[MCharlebois]

193k on my truck... ... . baldwin since day one

marcel