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Old 08-31-2014, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Diesel911 View Post
If the Fuel in the Tank has gotten contaminated by a load of bad Fuel. I have seen a new Fuel Filter last 30 Minutes after it was changed before it plugged and stopped the Engine. Filters don't care about when they are changed last they just do their job and get plugged when they stop enough contaminants to plug them.
Thanks. I hadn't considered the possibility of bad fuel, but the problem did occur after a relatively recent fill-up in Connecticut. Would a batch of poor fuel alone be capable of clogging the filters to the point that the car wouldn't start at all (not even a sputter or rough start)? The prefilter looked clear, for what it's worth.
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