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ethernet

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How often should they be replaced? Mine has the numbers 27-06-03 on it so I am assuming that it is just shy of 5 years old. Should I replace it or should it be alright? My XJ is going through a major tune up right now and was just curious as to how long fuel filters should be good for.
 
thats a prod date. It could have sat on the shelf for a long time as well.

If you haven't done it in a couple of years it wouldn't hurt to do it now.
 
ethernet said:
How often should they be replaced? Mine has the numbers 27-06-03 on it so I am assuming that it is just shy of 5 years old. Should I replace it or should it be alright? My XJ is going through a major tune up right now and was just curious as to how long fuel filters should be good for.
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my original filter went about 90K miles ... I'm at 167K now, at my current rate the second filter should last another 5 years. :laugh3:

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ethernet said:
Well I went ahead and replaced it with a FRAM fuel filter just to be safe.
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Fram? May as well use a sock - but the sock will probably work better.

Wix makes an excellent filter, I use them for all my filters on both of my vehicles. I'd use Baldwin (good for farm equipment - that stuff can work in some dust!) but they're difficult to find out here.
 
Surprisingly the FRAM was the only filter that I could find around here. Shucks and AutoZone didn't have any in stock and the other auto parts store was closed, and probably only carried stock or Fram. Is a Fram filter really that bad?
 
ethernet said:
Surprisingly the FRAM was the only filter that I could find around here. Shucks and AutoZone didn't have any in stock and the other auto parts store was closed, and probably only carried stock or Fram. Is a Fram filter really that bad?
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Meh - they're just cheap. You can use them, but you can also do a good deal better (you'll find a lot of people have oil pressure issues around here - they change from a Fram filter, and the problem goes away...)
 
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