which fuel filter?

[RumbleFish]

so its time for a filter. which one do i want? i know there are several that i can use. long, short, with sensor, without, etc...

fwiw, i dont know if the WIF even works, ive never seen the light come on during the 'test'. im not opposed to doing away with it. any help, especially part #'s, is appreciated.

[bgilbert]

Don't you listen at SOP? FS1221 or equivalent is the longer filter with drain and no provision for WIF sensor. FS1232 is stock IIRC.

[PToombs]

He doesn't listen at all. Must be you weren't paying attention either.

I have a FS19773 on mine. It fits a new backhoe, I think it's a finer micron, but I can't find out from the Fleetguard site. It's a long one and has the water drain too.

[RumbleFish]

its hard to remember much past the screwing i took on that starter. do i still owe you for it bill, or are we square?

oh, i DO remember the filter you got from tim. thats a bit bigger than i am after. ill check the prices on these fleetguard filters. chances are, tho, ill be running a wix due to my discount.

anybody else?

[Ace]

That FS19773 crosses to a Wix part# with a 14um rating. They are usually pretty good about supporting OEM spec and accurate cross-reference, but I don't trust them after they changed the rating on the one I was using as my secondary at some point in the past year or so.

Just something to think about....

[PToombs]

What's the micron of the FS1221? I kinda thought it was 10?

[Ace]

The 1221 crosses to the same 33472 Wix. The stock filter is supposed to be a 10um nominal filter.

This is why I switched over to the true Racors last summer. Filter ratings have gotten confusing and I don't trust even the big-name manufacturers like Fleetguard, Baldwin and Wix to reliably support the OEM specs anymore, especially after what happened to all the commonrail injectors over the past few years.

I don't really know what's going on, but I suspect alot of the manufacturing has moved overseas with a corresponding drop in quality control. I also suspect Wix for one, may have simply de-rated alot of their filters for that reason with no regard for the users who did not know what they were getting.

[PToombs]

Ok, thanks. So the one I am running is actually larger (allegedly) than the stocker, that sucks! I guess it's time to swap it back, or find a finer one..