dmwogan
Veteran Member
I did a little searching here on the forum to see if this was posted, so I'll go ahead and do it now. I just changed my fuel filter on my 2004 Jetta (pd, bew, auto). Has anyone drained the old filter to see it come out completely black? I mean it looks like the oil filter ha...Here are some pics I took this morning.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwogan/232985516/in/set-72157594254215032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwogan/232985626/in/set-72157594254215032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwogan/232985596/in/set-72157594254215032/
(couldn't embed images, checked the faq etc.., oh well)
A little background. The car has 56k on it, and I just got it a month ago. I have no idea when the last fuel filter was changed. I had taken a long trip on D2 (47.8 mpg in an auto woohoo) and then filled up back home at some Texaco. Well after I filled up the thing was runing really rough. So I finally got around to changing the fuel filter today.
I know when you drain you can look to see how much water is in the filter, but seriously, this looks like I drained an oil filter. Any reasons for this? Or is this normal...The thing is the feed line from the tank was clear, so I don't think thats the issue. I'm wondering if a few tanks of B20 flushed stuff out or if its just how the filter looks after a long time. Any insight guys? Thanks!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwogan/232985516/in/set-72157594254215032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwogan/232985626/in/set-72157594254215032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwogan/232985596/in/set-72157594254215032/
(couldn't embed images, checked the faq etc.., oh well)
A little background. The car has 56k on it, and I just got it a month ago. I have no idea when the last fuel filter was changed. I had taken a long trip on D2 (47.8 mpg in an auto woohoo) and then filled up back home at some Texaco. Well after I filled up the thing was runing really rough. So I finally got around to changing the fuel filter today.
I know when you drain you can look to see how much water is in the filter, but seriously, this looks like I drained an oil filter. Any reasons for this? Or is this normal...The thing is the feed line from the tank was clear, so I don't think thats the issue. I'm wondering if a few tanks of B20 flushed stuff out or if its just how the filter looks after a long time. Any insight guys? Thanks!!