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johnin wrote:> Some have said that a fuel filter on a Honda lasts for the life of th
> car

> However, I have about 168,000 miles on my '98 Civic. I have detected tha
> 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 an
> car much less a Honda and second of all leaving a filter in that LONG with-ou
> 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 th
> aggrevation it causes get it changed
eh? the resistance of the filter is /nothing/ compared to th
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, a
stated by curly, is whether it's starting to choke at full load. and a
only 168k, it ain't there yet. not even close
Think so! jim beam read the article on the "importance of replacing a fuel filter"

http://www.autorepair.about.com/cs/d...aa082203a_2.ht
http://www.automedia.com/Fuel/Filter...ccr20010701ff/

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johnin wrote:
> 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.
> Think so! jim beam read the article on the "importance of replacing a fuel filter"
>
> http://www.autorepair.about.com/cs/d...a082203a_2.htm
> http://www.automedia.com/Fuel/Filter...cr20010701ff/1
>
citing incorrect articles based on myth, not fact, doesn't mean that
modern cars' filters aren't good pretty much for the life of the vehicle.

want to think about things for a moment?

1. aged filters actually pass /less/ "grit" than new ones.

2. the fine filter, the one that does all the donkey work, is /after/
the pump, not before, so it offers the pump no protection whatsoever.

whoever wrote that stuff doesn't know what the heck they're talking about.