Thanks to the contributors to this forum I heeded the advice to take extra fuel filters on any road trip...or anywhere for that matter. Traveling down the NY Thruway just west of Syracuse the car starved of diesel and quit. No warning...just quit. (Murphys law?) I was in a construction zone without a shoulder but (serindipity) I literally coasted to an emergency pull off.

The State Troopers that pulled up shortly thereafter were happy I could make the repair -- think it was shift change. I wouldn't have had thought to bring the filters had I not spent time reading all of your posts! Thanks again.

+a screwdriver and rubber gloves.
Yep. The preparation is the difference between a minor inconvenience and a huge ordeal.
Ive thrown them on for stuck merc owners on the side of the road and had them rolling in less than 5 minutes when they thought they were royally toast with some major engine problem.
I tell them to pay me back by carrying two for themselves and doing the same for a merc owner they see stuck someday.

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84 300SD 274K
38K miles on flatplate heat exchanger and various diesel/veg blends. prior to that 4K miles on unheated veggie blends with kero and DinoD.

Huh... good to know... :|

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1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD - Wife calls him "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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1983 Toyota Tercel (Tommy, The little Toyota that could)
1965 Ford F100 (Grandma Ford)
2005 Toyota Sienna (Elsa, Wife's ride)


Gone:
1988 Toyota Pickup
2004 Subaru Outback

1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
1986 Volvo 740 GL Station Wagon - Piece of junk.
1981 Volvo 242 DL 2 Door - Hated to see it go. R.I.P.
1987 Pontiac Fiero GT

Always carry two I say. One to get you going, and the second because you know that there's a good possibility that you have a problem brewing in your fuel and might need the second.

I found this out about 15years ago in Wisconsin with my motorhome, and 300gallons of algae-tainted fuel. Happy to have two filters.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff