Fuel Filter Best Price

[6V92TA]

This tool made changing the front filter (removing the plastic cap) much easier.

you know the first time around that filter nut was about the tightest piece of plastic I've even had to loosen that wasn't glued together. I used a long 1/2 drive wobble extension and a socket and a breaker bar to reach down from above .

why Cummins can't put the spin on fuel filters like they use on all the other Cummins ISB engines is beyond me.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Personally I like the cartridge filter. Easy to drain especially with the extension tubing SnoKing gave me. Easy to remove and replace.

 

[6V92TA]

Personally I like the cartridge filter. Easy to drain especially with the extension tubing SnoKing gave me. Easy to remove and replace.

hey 12v98, the filter is livable, but in no way shape or form is it as easy as the more standard spin on fuel filter most cummins ISB's have. most of those also have a built in fuel drain valve too.

 

[Newsa]

Spin on's are so much more logical in my humble opinion. I would be surprised if that plastic cap lasts more than 10 years?

It seems the plastic doesn't slide very well against plastic. But with the longer handle and flex head it was a bit easier to loosen and to work around the other things in the way of rotation.

I guess the positive side is that it won't vibrate loose?????

 

[Newsa]

most people couldn't have my background even if they wanted it... they would have had to start at it in 1976 and been just as uncreative as myself in order to not say to their self that there has to be a better way to make money .

You've done well, IMHO. And a job as flexible and as varied as yours. Sometimes teaching, always supervising, often being pulled In for the tougher challenges seems like it will keep your work interesting (and your work days go faster.) We all look forward to retirement. But like you, since I'm always busy, I'm sure my final years will fly by as well.

 

[6V92TA]

[QUOTE="Newsa, post: 2548705, member: 1017130"

It seems the plastic doesn't slide very well against plastic. But with the longer handle and flex head it was a bit easier to loosen and to work around the other things in the way of rotation.

I guess the positive side is that it won't vibrate loose?????[/QUOTE]


I hardly even tighten the secondary fuel filter, when its running its full of hydraulic pressure acting upon the inside surface, I doubt it could come loose while running.

 

[Newsa]

[QUOTE="Newsa, post: 2548705, member: 1017130"

It seems the plastic doesn't slide very well against plastic. But with the longer handle and flex head it was a bit easier to loosen and to work around the other things in the way of rotation.

I guess the positive side is that it won't vibrate loose?????

I hardly even tighten the secondary fuel filter, when its running its full of hydraulic pressure acting upon the inside surface, I doubt it could come loose while running.[/QUOTE]

I have had fuel coming out around it before.

I messed up a seal once, and was hoping to reuse a seal. The first time I tried to reuse an o ing seal, it didn't work. I think maybe it stretched when I loosened the plastic cap.

Yesterday it worked. So now I have the same number of cartridge filters as o ring seals. Bedore, I always had one less o ring than filter.

 

[6V92TA]

it helps if you lubricate the o ring

 

[Newsa]

it helps if you lubricate the o ring

I did/I usually do. The first time I messed up the o=ring, I thought I had it down below the threads. And seated properly, but I accidentally ran the threads over the Oring.

The second time, I when I tried to reuse the o ring, I think it stretched when removing the cap. I wasn"t sure if it would stay seated. It had plenty of fuel on it. So I thought that would be lubricant enough. But after getting a leak when installing the new cartridge with the old o ring, I removed the cap and saw it was stretched. I think it stretched because the cap had adheres to the o ring after one year, (I had changed it a full year earlier,), the cap and o-ring didn't easily separate without stretching the o ring.

But this year, (yesterday) it worked. I was able to reuse the o ring. So now i don't have more cartridge filters than o rings

 

[Cummins12V98]

hey 12v98, the filter is livable, but in no way shape or form is it as easy as the more standard spin on fuel filter most cummins ISB's have. most of those also have a built in fuel drain valve too.

HEY you, I am a "from the top" guy!!! It's easy for me. It also allows you to look at the condition of the filter.

 

[KPear]

And AMZN is still showing the 2 pack for $103 with an updated in stock date of May 7. Get 2 while you can!

Does the 2 pack include 2 sets of 2 (so 4), or just the 2 filters you need for a regular swap?

 

[Newsa]

Does the 2 pack include 2 sets of 2 (so 4), or just the 2 filters you need for a regular swap?

It's just the 2 filters (not 4) one front and one rear. 3 weeks ago, I bought them for $86.94. And somehow there was no tax and no shipping.

Now it appears the set is $89?

 

[6V92TA]

it bears repeating that Athens Ga Ram dealer seems to have the best price on OEM fuel filters https://www.amazon.com/Dodge-Diesel...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=2GF3NSFH6A3M1J9SH8WC

but these guys aren't too bad if you buy in bulk because they get you on the shipping they have a package deal like this 2 oil filters and one set of fuel filters https://www.dieselfiltersonline.com...-up-dodge-hd-truck-with-6-7-liter-diesel.html