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Old 03-08-2008, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MTUpower View Post
A spare fuel filter and the tool kit that came with your car will allow you to change the fuel filter in about 10 minutes. Calculate that versus the time, expense and effort of design, installation, and maint of another system like this. Is it worth it?
People will have to answer that for themselves. I would not want to have an unexpected filter change a filter on the roadside on some cold winter minus degree /rainy/sleeting day and I sure would not want to be on a boat in a storm (when I need to mantain control of the boat) having to change a fuel filter.
Cost:Electric fuel pump $30-40, filter setup (depends on what you want, could be around $40 for a filter base and what ever a spin on filter cost), hose say $1 a foot and 2 Ts. One T tees into the fuel line before it goes into the primary filter the other tees into your noremal ruel return line. I think it could be done for $100 or less.
Added: If the secondary filte also was plugged the road side change gets a little more complicated as some folks have trouble bleeding their system of air.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?p=1786228&posted=1#post1786228
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