Fuel Filter Change

litton · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:40 am

I just realized that I'm comming up on 32,000 miles with the original fuel filter. How long should these things last? Perhaps I should either change it or just buy a spare in case.

truckbouy2 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:40 pm

Mopar Schedule A/25,000 miles
Mopar Schedule B/50,000 miles
Truckbouy2 Schedule/12,000-15,000 miles (Filters Are Cheap-Jeep Dealers Are Not)

UFO · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:47 pm

Mine lasted 55k miles. Then it plugged on the road. Good thing I was carrying a spare, but changing it out in 50mph winds is no fun!

retmil46 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:13 pm

truckbouy2 wrote:

Truckbouy2 Schedule/12,000-15,000 miles (Filters Are Cheap-Jeep Dealers Are Not)

X2

litton · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:35 pm

I did some nosing around and it seems that a Wix filter goes for about $23.00......does that seem about right?

gsbrockman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:14 pm

truckbouy2 wrote:

Mopar Schedule A/25,000 miles
Mopar Schedule B/50,000 miles

Are you sure it's not 25,000 Schedule A and 12,500 Schedule B ?

truckbouy2 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:10 pm

Good eye gs....

The minds at Mopar.....
Schedule A/25,000 miles
Schedule B/25,000 miles NOT 50,000 miles (Should'a put on my cheaters)
Truckbouy2/Still the same

Export Schedule A/20,000 kilometers
Export Schedule B/20,000 kilometers
Truckbouy2 Export Schedule A&B/12,427.4 miles

grywlfbg · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:29 am

I changed mine at 47k - no symptoms just decided to change it. In the future I'll be changing it every 25k.

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:32 am

PM is on your schedule, nice sunny day not too cold or too hot.

Run it until it clogs up. Weather -20f with a -45f wind chill, plastic plugs snap and break, fingers are frozen even through the gloves, you drop the wrench and have to try to knock it out with a snow brush, filter is stuck and you have to re hang it and grab the oil filter pliers to get it off, you drop the wrench again you pick it up, the duct tape won't stick to the plug you broke trying to get it off to get to the filter. You get it done and find the plug you broke is on back order, so you go back out and rig up a bunch of tie straps to hold the plug in so it does not fall out and set off the CEL.

Doesn't the price of the filter sound cheap and doesn't that sunny day sound nice?

Though so.

gsbrockman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:51 am

warp2diesel wrote:

Doesn't the price of the filter sound cheap and doesn't that sunny day sound nice?

My heated & air-conditioned garage sounds a tad better. :lol:

BVCRD · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:21 pm

I changed mine at 25K. Cut it open and it looked fine. Probably could have ran a lifetime. Depends on where you buy your fuel I think.

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:52 pm

gsbrockman wrote:

warp2diesel wrote:

Doesn't the price of the filter sound cheap and doesn't that sunny day sound nice?

My heated & air-conditioned garage sounds a tad better. :lol:

My Wife has junk in my garage with AC since it takes up less space to hang it in the window instead of piled on the floor. Besides, I work outside and get along with the weather most of the year.

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