Fuel filter caution

[Rusty PW]

Changed the fuel filter today. Got the old one out and pushed the new one in place. Something don't feel right. So I removed the new filter. Found this o-ring sitting on top of the filter. Where does it go to? It goes in the top of the filter. It was in the new filter. I must have dislodged it when I removed the filter. It's a pita to put back in place.

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[Jteakus]

Good catch.
How did your old filter look and how many miles on it?

 

[Rusty PW]

Good catch.
How did your old filter look and how many miles on it?

Old filter looked good. No metal participles on it. It's got about 14,000 miles on it. Bit over-do. LOL

 

[Minty JL]

Reminds me, I need replace my cabin air filter

 

[Rusty PW]

Reminds me, I need replace my cabin air filter

I did that today too.

 

[Jteakus]

My fuel filters have always been clean but I still change them early. Not a bad habit I guess.

 

[biodiesel]

Old filter looked good. No metal participles on it. It's got about 14,000 miles on it. Bit over-do. LOL

Don't feel bad. I change mine somewhere between 20,000 - 25,000 mile intervals. If you can believe this, the original OE recommendation was 30,000-mile intervals when the EcoDiesel was first released. So, changing the filter at 25,000 miles was early. My filters have always looked good, so I've continued with 25,000-mile intervals.

 

[Rusty PW]

Don't feel bad. I change mine somewhere between 20,000 - 25,000 mile intervals. If you can believe this, the original OE recommendation was 30,000-mile intervals when the EcoDiesel was first released. So, changing the filter at 25,000 miles was early. My filters have always looked good, so I've continued with 25,000-mile intervals.

I try to change mine around the 10,000 mile mark. Even before the pump recall. My filters looked good.

 

[biodiesel]

I try to change mine around the 10,000 mile mark. Even before the pump recall. My filters looked good.

For most people, the 20,000 - 30,000 mile interval works fine. There are certain regions where there's more asphaltenes in the fuel, which is one reason why FCA reduced the filter change interval. If I remember correctly, this was noted in a TSB several years ago.

 

[Towzone100]

Good catch.

 

[RKcreative]

I do mine every other oil change, so about 15k miles. Just ticked 60k miles on my '22 JTRD.

 

[omgoddard]

I do mine every other oil change, so about 15k miles. Just ticked 60k miles on my '22 JTRD.

I thought after the fuel pump recall they told us to start changing the fuel filter every oil change?

 

[Rusty PW]

I thought after the fuel pump recall they told us to start changing the fuel filter every oil change?

It's in the new paperwork. Every oil change. I still do mine at 10,000 miles.

 

[RKcreative]

I thought after the fuel pump recall they told us to start changing the fuel filter every oil change?

It depends on the fuel you get, according to supplemental booklet, if I remember correctly.
I’m in Denver, I’m told that we get a bit better diesel as compared to other parts of the country.

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