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Fuel filter

3175375

3175375

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last July, I bought a 2015 Ford Fiesta. It now has 45k on the clock. So I stopped by O'Reilley auto to pick up a fuel filter.

Clerk said it does not have one, other than the one in the tank.

Is this a new way?
 
some Fords have what they call a "lifetime" fuel filter and indeed are on the inlet of the fuel pump.
 
As long as you fill up your car at a well maintaned gasstation , you should have no trouble with a clogged fuel filter , i presume.??
 
New materials would be my reasoning. Plastic fuel tanks, stainless lines, etc. Nothing to corrode and create gunk in the system.
 
'Cause there's always sediment in the station's gas tanks, often times stirred up when a tanker recently added fuel.
 
my understanding is the filter is more of a strainer type filter and they (the engineers) are counting on fuel sloshing to keep it from getting plugged up
 
And don't forget that just the overall surface area of a tank filter vs a typical inline filter is grossly larger. It would take a LOT of gunk to cover an area large enough that the system volume requirement would suffer.
 
Don't believe in it. Nothing is permanent. Especially if it's man made! They may say it never needs replaced, but it will at sometime.
 
msell66 said:
Don't believe in it. Nothing is permanent. Especially if it's man made! They may say it never needs replaced, but it will at sometime.
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Just because your equipment can't perform any longer doesn't mean everything can't have staying power.
 
This is nothing new. Dodge minivans have not had filters for years. Chevy pickups haven't either. Fuel pumps don't last forever, so the strainer will eventually get replaced.
 
Back in my day.......
So we're all bitching about how can a filter be made to last. Cursing the car companies and their engineers for making a obvious flaw. I being facetious here guys.
BUT....
Back in my day if a car made it to 70,000 miles without any major work needed you thought you were really lucky. Now if it doesn't work well without ANY problems before 100,000 miles we get upset about how the car was made.
Yeah today's cars are designed down to the millimeter to last a certain time frame. I'm okay with that.
 
KBMWRS said:
Back in my day.......
So we're all bitching about how can a filter be made to last. Cursing the car companies and their engineers for making a obvious flaw. I being facetious here guys.
BUT....
Back in my day if a car made it to 70,000 miles without any major work needed you thought you were really lucky. Now if it doesn't work well without ANY problems before 100,000 miles we get upset about how the car was made.
Yeah today's cars are designed down to the millimeter to last a certain time frame. I'm okay with that.
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I can remember if a car (70's or 80's models) had around 100K it was simply worn out. In fact not many cars went far beyond that and they were junked or scrapped. Of course I grew up in the Rust Belt so the body rot also took a toll. But now cars go 100K before they need any kind of real service. My company provides me with a company car. Originally we drove them to 60K and got a new one. They moved to 80K but my last car (2010 Taurus) had over 100K when they finally replaced it with the Fusion I have now. It needed a wheel bearing just before 100K but that was the only part replaced besides tires and air filter. The lease company even has us change oil every 10K miles. I drive them like a rental too and they hold up great. No packing wheel bearings, greasing the u-joints and ball joints, changing fluids, etc. The materials in the cars and the oil and such have all improved a lot. It's impressive.
 
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