Fuel Filters
I have a 2013 Ram 2500 Cummins,Where are the better buys on fuel filters? do you always replace both at the same time? At 8,000miles and have 10% left ,Will I have to replace fuelfilters every 8,000 m...
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For anything 6.7 stick with Fleetguard, period. Nothing else is good enough.
NAPA Gold should be called NAPA JUNK!! Wix, who makes NAPA filters, filters rarely meet, let alone exceed, the filter they cross reference too. The Baldwin's are generally good, but I am not sure Baldwin has the media to meet, or exceed, the tighter filtering on recent model year pickups.
For your truck the NAPA, aka WIX, filter doesn't meet the min spec for Dodge which is looser than the min spec from Bosch. Wix publishes their filtration rated at 8um, when Dodge wants 7um and Bosch wants 5um. Wix will also not disclose their fuel/water separation rates. When they are asked why they don't make a filter that meets the spec their answer, on multiple occasions, is "we are close enough". On a fuel system that has tolerances as tight as 7um in places "close enough" is CRAP!!
Fleetguard and Baldwin are the only ones, AFIK, that make a filter that's meets or exceeds the Dodge spec. Baldwin/Hastings is the only filter I know of that exceeds it for your 3rd gen 5.9 at 5um.
bobsallyh wrote:
NAPA Gold or Baldwin.
NAPA Gold should be called NAPA JUNK!! Wix, who makes NAPA filters, filters rarely meet, let alone exceed, the filter they cross reference too. The Baldwin's are generally good, but I am not sure Baldwin has the media to meet, or exceed, the tighter filtering on recent model year pickups.
john&bet wrote:ScottG wrote:Whole heartily disagree. But then mine is 11 model years old and running just fine.
Don't buy cheap Napa, Orielly's, etc filters. Make sure they are either Fleetguard or Mopar (which are rebadged FG).
For your truck the NAPA, aka WIX, filter doesn't meet the min spec for Dodge which is looser than the min spec from Bosch. Wix publishes their filtration rated at 8um, when Dodge wants 7um and Bosch wants 5um. Wix will also not disclose their fuel/water separation rates. When they are asked why they don't make a filter that meets the spec their answer, on multiple occasions, is "we are close enough". On a fuel system that has tolerances as tight as 7um in places "close enough" is CRAP!!
Fleetguard and Baldwin are the only ones, AFIK, that make a filter that's meets or exceeds the Dodge spec. Baldwin/Hastings is the only filter I know of that exceeds it for your 3rd gen 5.9 at 5um.
