Wrong Fuel Filter
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Wrong Fuel Filter
Hi all. First time posting. I have been driving my company 1997 F250 7.3 for about a year now. We usually have our mobile mechanic take care of our trucks but for general service its so much cheaper for me to do it all. Any-way's, I bought a new Motorcraft Fuel Filter (4595) from Oreilly Auto parts and a special fuel filter cap wrench.
Today I took the fuel filter cap off, removed the gasket and pulled out the fuel filter. I pulled the new one out of the box and they looked different. The new filter has a metal bottom with a black gasket in the center on one side and the other side was a red/orange plastic with two tabs on the side that should catch the cap with a small hole in the top.
The filter that was in the truck was about the same height, about 1/2 inch smaller diameter, and both ends were metal with rubber gaskets through the center. The numbers on the old filter were 042911C2, 17-31287, 4595.
Both cap gaskets were the same same.
The filter cap had a post in the center of it that fit down the middle of the old filter but it wont fit through the center of the new one. The top has a star in the center that you can fit a 1/2 drive into.
Do I have an aftermarket cap? Where can I find the filter that was already in there? Any help will be much appreciated.
Today I took the fuel filter cap off, removed the gasket and pulled out the fuel filter. I pulled the new one out of the box and they looked different. The new filter has a metal bottom with a black gasket in the center on one side and the other side was a red/orange plastic with two tabs on the side that should catch the cap with a small hole in the top.
The filter that was in the truck was about the same height, about 1/2 inch smaller diameter, and both ends were metal with rubber gaskets through the center. The numbers on the old filter were 042911C2, 17-31287, 4595.
Both cap gaskets were the same same.
The filter cap had a post in the center of it that fit down the middle of the old filter but it wont fit through the center of the new one. The top has a star in the center that you can fit a 1/2 drive into.
Do I have an aftermarket cap? Where can I find the filter that was already in there? Any help will be much appreciated.
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