Just need to know WHERE the fuel filter IS?

[DZLROKET]

06 QC 4X4 2500 Dodge..... Thanks

 

[CStraface]

On your driver side firewall. Look for the yellow drain valve, fuel filter is right non top.

 

[DZLROKET]

OH. OK then at the water seporator... Thanks!

 

[DZLROKET]

Is there any trick to replacing it? Do I just unscrew the black top and R&R the filter? thanks

 

[AKaiser]

Flip the drain (yellow lever) drains off the water, excess pressure (?) and you may need a socket or adj. wrench to loosen the lid (hex head on top). When you remove the filter, be sure to inspect the inside of the separator/filter housing for foreign objects, and there is a water contamination sensor toward the front of the housing (where the wires come out the front) that needs to be cleaned. You'll be able to feel it inside the housing at the level where the wires exit the front, as it's either glass or some sort of clear hard plastic that the sensor needs to "see" through. I just used a blue shop towel to wipe it off. The filter is a slight pain to remove, as it's clipped to the lid. You should have an O-Ring with the new filter. That goes on the lid to keep the old one from drying up. Remove the old, and replace it with the new one. I'm sure that's even more important with ULSD.

 

[DZLROKET]

Thanks! sounds easy

 

[AKaiser]

It is very easy. The hardest part was loosening it, but again, nothing a wrench won't take care of.

 

[AMink]

Use at least a quart jar or something when you drain it. It drains the whole filter. The hose isn't very long and it's kind of hard to get anything up in there. I used a wine bottle last time. Wedged it up in there and stuck the drain hose in it. The hardest part was drinking the wine!:-laf

 

[Pawpaw]

AND... don't be tempted to just use a 3/8" extension to loosen the cap. It's cheap plastic and WILL break. Instead, use a 1-1/8" 6-point socket. If it's really tight, a 12-point can damage the cap too.



Bob

 

[JMarketos]

I agree with all above, want to add 0. 02 more-



with repeated changes, the hex on the cheap stock plastic fuel cover

will round off and you'll end up busting your knuckles.

(ask me how I know)



At $59, the nice machined metal cap sold by Genos may sound

a bit expensive, but it's worth every penny. No more bloody knuckles.



The metal cap also offers benefit in that it doesn't have the undesirable

plastic fingers inside that retain the fuel filter element. With the metal cap,

you're free to remove the cap by itself, then remove the fuel filter element

seperately under more controlled circumstances (less or no spillage).



I found the outer edges of the replacement fuel filter elements I'm using...

don't quite fit inside the inner clearance area of the metal fuel cap-

I had to trim the outer edge of the fuel filter with tin snips to make easy

clearance. (no, not cutting the filter element, just trimming the edge

of the round plastic disc on top). But I much prefer that simple operation

over having to hassle with the original plastic cap.