Want to change your horizontal Fuel filter w/o the mess?

[tgatch]

Just tried this and it worked great.

Take a piece of tin foil and make a catch area under the filter along the frame rail. make sure you have a "funnel" at one end. Loosen the cap and you have a clean filter change.

Check the attached photo.

 

[triplethreat]

That's not such a bad idea might have to try that next time.


Dan

 

[Bear Hunter]

...It also helps if you drain the HFCM first

 

[CHarlan]

or if you use a 6mm allen wrench, and loosen the bleeder screw... when you drain that, you can remove the filter, and little runs out... We do it all the time at work.

 

[camoman]

how often should a guy be changing the fuel filter? Ford wanted $116 CDN for a new one

 

[tbirdfiend281]

its part of the 30k or 60k service, so every 30k i believe, maybe 60, one of those intervals

 

[Bear Hunter]

Every 15000 miles

 

[tbirdfiend281]

ya that... i do to many big stuff on the o no six oh's to pay attention to the service intervals lol

 

[JIM_C]

Filter looks kind of RED, Tom! Just kidding.

 

[JohnBoyToo]

I used a 3 liter plastic bottle cut into a funnel top...

 

[tgatch]

Filter looks kind of RED, Tom! Just kidding.

Nope... not red. I have never even been to place that sells the red dye stuff. Not worth the risk, so I don't do it.

Tom