ddgts68

changed fuel filter this morning, when it came off it rattled. I cut it open and the filter was not attached inside! never had that happen in 50+ years of working on vehicles.

white89gt

I got money saying its a Fram. Had a Fram do that to me. Mimicked a bad fuel pump.

Jbrew

That was first 4 letter word that came to mind reading this one earlier.

Before I knew any better, -use to think Fra m and Autolite were kin. Crazy right...

white89gt

I actually posted a video of it a few days ago on another thread... For the record, the PO put that on there, NOT me. LOL.

Jbrew

Huh, -perhaps Fram got confused and made an oversized PCV valve instead ?

white89gt

LOL.... sounds like it.

I took it apart, and the glue had failed. That's right, they glue it to the can.

ddgts68

yea, only thing I could make out was made in china. Thought I changed it months ago but looked under truck at something else and it was rusty and crusty looking. End up I changed the wife's expedition's. I cut it open and it looked like it was glued at one time!

white89gt

The previous owner of my truck (this was my Ranger in the video) had supposedly changed it a year before I did. But from how that looked, I've come to the conclusion that was BS. Since this incident, I've used Motorcraft only on everything. In fact, I've got a few of them on hand. If you've reverse flushed a fuel filter, you'll never buy a junk non-name filter again.

white89gt

This was what came out of the fuel filter on my Escape.... I reverse flushed it. It was a Motorcraft. Clean fuel came out the other side. REALLY good filters.

ddgts68

that's nuts. I'll be getting motorcraft for both vehicles!!