Fuel filter light comes on fuel pressure reads good.

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Just installed a facet duralift 40223, the 9-11 psi pump with a weatherpack connector. Now my fuel filter light is coming on under heavy acceleration. Before it never came on with the mechanical pump. I did read in the other forum threads that that light means a vacuum is being pulled on the filter housing. What I dont understand is that when the light comes on my fuel pressure is still reading good 4-6 psi. Before with the mechanical pump the psi would drop to zero under heavy acceleration and the light didn't come on. My guage is hooked up to the schrader valve port.
 

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I forgot to add that its 1991 f250 7.3. Also it doesn't lose any power when the light comes. It can actually keep accelerating.
 

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Now its coming on under really any kind of throttle. At first when I started driving it today it would only come on around 2100 rpm and now its on at pretty much anything above idle. Im going to change the filter just to rule it out, even though I don't think its the problem.
 

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If the pressure is actually good and you have zero performance loss, I'd just disconnect it.
 

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When we roadtripped Ak from norcal, I was running one of the group buy faucet pumps.
The light was on 60% of the time.
Truck never flinched.
Never saw it again after installing the holley...


Poised with finger hovering over it tho ;Really
 

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Ok so I figured it out. Long story short the fuel filter had actually gotten clogged. So, in case anyone is looking for it in the future; even if you have a good fuel pressure reading you can still get the fuel filter light coming on if your filter becomes clogged.
Now it depends on where you hooked up your sensor. In my case I have it hooked up in the schrader valve port. I believe the reason i was still getting "good" fuel pressure is because that port is before the filter and the lift pump was obviously working. I suspect that if my guage was hooked up after the filter I would have gotten bad fuel filter readings.
Now to the stupid part on my end. I started to ignore the fuel filter light for the last couple of days. The problem got so bad that my truck got to the point of barely running and actually died on me several times. Last night it died on me and wouldn't start until i went and got a new fuel filter. Since my guage led me to believe that I still had good pressure i thought it was something wrong with the wiring and or sensor. I was also experiencing issues with the overheat sensor going off telling me the truck was overheating. Since I had that issue starting at about the same as the fuel filter light I thought they were somehow related and have spent the last couple of days reading about them. I had lightly pressure washed the engine bay a few days ago and since have had the issue with the temperature switch and I thought the fuel filter light was part of it. So that combined with my guage telling me I had good pressure I ignored the fuel filter light.
So to anyone reading this, dont be stupid like me and ignore and the fuel filter light. At least change the filter for peace of mind to see if it goes away. I just hope I didn't shorten the life of my injection pump too much from driving it like I did.
 

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