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Replacing Fuel Filter, 1998 Honda Civic EX
Some have said that a fuel filter on a Honda lasts for the life of the car. However, I have about 168,000 miles on my '98 Civic. I have detected that my fuel efficiency is starting to lower a bit. Is this due to a dirty fuel filter or just the age of the car? first off Honda fuel filters dont last the life of any car much less a Honda and second of all leaving a filter in that LONG with-out changing it is asking for trouble. it can and will damage your fuel pump by making it work harder and strain it and there by become noiseyer as well. its not worth the aggrevation it causes get it changed! you"l do your fuel pump and wallet a favoure. -- johnin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ View this thread: http://www.carstalk.net/viewtopic-433104.html Send from http://www.carstalk.net |
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Replacing Fuel Filter, 1998 Honda Civic EX
johnin wrote:
> Some have said that a fuel filter on a Honda lasts for the life of the > car. > > However, I have about 168,000 miles on my '98 Civic. I have detected that > my fuel efficiency is starting to lower a bit. > > Is this due to a dirty fuel filter or just the age of the car? > first off Honda fuel filters dont last the life of any > car much less a Honda and second of all leaving a filter in that LONG with-out > changing it is asking for trouble. it can and will damage your fuel pump by making it work harder and strain it and there by become noiseyer as well. its not worth the > aggrevation it causes get it changed! eh? the resistance of the filter is /nothing/ compared to the resistance of the pressure regulator or bigger still, a closed injector. and it's an inductive pump, so there's nothing to strain. > you"l do your fuel pump and wallet a favoure. forget it. filters last pretty much the life of the car. the test, as stated by curly, is whether it's starting to choke at full load. and at only 168k, it ain't there yet. not even close. |
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Replacing Fuel Filter, 1998 Honda Civic EX
jim beam wrote:
filters last pretty much the life of the car. the test, as > stated by curly, is whether it's starting to choke at full load. and at > only 168k, it ain't there yet. not even close. ---------------------------------- The only disclaimer might be if he lives in the country and drives some dirt road daily. Then fuel filter could die early . . . Even then, a little back-flush would probably put it back in near-new condition. They seem to be a bit expensive, although they are armor plated. :-) 'Curly' |
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Replacing Fuel Filter, 1998 Honda Civic EX
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'Curly Q. Links' > wrote: >The only disclaimer might be if he lives in the country and drives some >dirt road daily. Then fuel filter could die early . . . Even then, a >little back-flush would probably put it back in near-new condition. They >seem to be a bit expensive, although they are armor plated. :-) Or you get a load of dirty gas. That happened to me once about 20 years ago. I barely made it to the dealer because the engine was so starved for gas. It turns out I wasn't the only one that the dealer had come in who bought gas from the same station and had problems. -- Mike Iglesias Email: University of California, Irvine phone: 949-824-6926 Network & Academic Computing Services FAX: 949-824-2069 |
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Replacing Fuel Filter, 1998 Honda Civic EX
Mike Iglesias wrote:
> In article >, > 'Curly Q. Links' > wrote: >> The only disclaimer might be if he lives in the country and drives some >> dirt road daily. Then fuel filter could die early . . . Even then, a >> little back-flush would probably put it back in near-new condition. They >> seem to be a bit expensive, although they are armor plated. :-) > > Or you get a load of dirty gas. That happened to me once about 20 years > ago. I barely made it to the dealer because the engine was so starved for > gas. It turns out I wasn't the only one that the dealer had come in who > bought gas from the same station and had problems. > sure it wasn't the neighbor kid and some sugar cubes? that's a nasty combo. |
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