GreenLantern_TDI
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One is new and one is used. How many miles you suppose are on that used one? Car runs Kum and Go Bio and Cenex Roadmaster XL Premium Bio.
Fuel Filter Quiz
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One is new and one is used. How many miles you suppose are on that used one? Car runs Kum and Go Bio and Cenex Roadmaster XL Premium Bio.
pebjr
Veteran Member
I'll take a guess:
since the fuel filter interval is 20k miles, I say that it it has 20k miles on the used one.
since the fuel filter interval is 20k miles, I say that it it has 20k miles on the used one.
JM Popaleetus
Veteran Member
This.
GreenLantern_TDI
Veteran Member
Its actually 30,000 miles. Clean as a whistle just darker cause soaked with fuel. That bio keeps things clean. Once a year filter change.
JM Popaleetus
Veteran Member
Neat?
TheMysticWizard
Member
No issues running Bio Diesel with your DPF or Injection Pump?
How many miles have you been running it?
How many miles have you been running it?
GreenLantern_TDI
Veteran Member
Got the car with 17,000 miles. Now at 90,000 bio all the way.
truman
Top Post Dawg
That's amazing
Looks like 100k would not be a problem
Looks like 100k would not be a problem
pebjr
Veteran Member
Looks like possibly extended fuel filter change when using quality fuel... I only use Shell diesel, so I might extend the filter change after i do some comparison.
JM Popaleetus
Veteran Member
It’s a 15 minute job and a $20 part. I don’t see the value in gambling my entire drivetrain over such a minuscule savings.
But hey, that’s just me.
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oilhammer
Certified Volkswagen Nut & Vendor
That looks like any used CR fuel filter to me. I see dozens and dozens of them.
ticaf
Veteran Member
THIS. Where do you procure that $7 filter?
JM Popaleetus
Veteran Member
I got my filter prices confused. But even at $20, a 50% increased interval saves a whole $10.
Is it probably fine? Yes. Would I gamble my engine on it? No.
But to answer your question. I buy exclusively from FCPEuro and IDParts as they’re local to me and overall excellent.
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ticaf
Veteran Member
I wish our filter was more advanced. Like having a vacuum gauge and water detector. That would eliminate any guess work, and should we take on bad diesel, we would get some alert before big drama.
I'm wondering if anybody has retrofitted something like that....
I'm wondering if anybody has retrofitted something like that....
740GLE
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Yeah they tried that water port on the first gen CJAA Olympic style oring filters, such little volume of fuel gets used between filter changes it's kinda moot and VW went with the cheaper option.
I'd rather put my trust in a quality fuel supplier rather than another VW sensor
I'd rather put my trust in a quality fuel supplier rather than another VW sensor
ticaf
Veteran Member
Yes, but I do get 'diesel' anxiety when I have to get fuel in that low volume station in the middle of nowhere on longer trips.I'd rather put my trust in a quality fuel supplier rather than another VW sensor
turbobrick240
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I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't be surprised if the fuel filter looked the same after 60k miles.
IndigoBlueWagon
TDIClub Enthusiast, Principal IDParts, Vendor , w/
Until it doesn't. Very occasionally (maybe three times) over the past 20 years I've gotten a bad tank of fuel that clogged the filter.
turbobrick240
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Yeah, that's the only reason I did the services at 20k miles instead of the European interval of ~40k miles. I do a fair bit of cross country road tripping and get fuel at some low volume stations on occasion. But I never got a bad tank in the (paltry) 175k miles I drove my tdi.