About time to change my fuel filter on the truck. Everybody agree on using the Motorcraft?

 

Definitely

 

100% without a doubt motorcraft

 

Yep or Racor/Parker. It's my understanding they make them for Ford and have the patent.

 

Definitely stick to the Ford/Motorcraft, Ford part number 3C3Z9N184CB and Motorcraft part number FD4616 available for sale here: #3C3Z9N184CB: Fuel Filter

 

Would not use anything else!

 

Also the Racor number is PF L2016.

 

Disregard everything I've said in this thread. Wow it's early. I was thinking oil filters.

 

That too should be OEM or Racor.

 

Best price even with shipping: https://www.dieselfiltersonline.com/...astAddedItemId=

 

And I'm sure you know it's plural: one topside and one on the frame rail. If you haven't done so, pick up the upgraded drain plug for the HFCM -- it is cheap and a good time to do it when you are changing the lower filter. Here is the part number I have:

6E7Z-9C082-A

A 4x4 is a challenge with the front drive shaft in the way. This time I took some big sheets of aluminum foil and tucked it under the HFCM and fashioned it into a valley that lead to my drain pan. I unscrewed the drain plug just enough to get a decent stream and let it flow -- too far out and it goes all over including the driveshaft. Then just wait it out. I moved the "foil funnel" down to under the filter cap to catch anything else when I removed the cap. Least messy it has ever been and now I have the new plug in there I expect it even better next time.

Don't forget to lube the new o-rings, snug not over tight, and cycle the key a few times (10 seconds or so each) to fill it all back up prior to any start attempt...

oh yeah, something else I did: you end up putting the new filter in the cap and it is a pain to figure out how to get it back in place all assembled. I put the plastic bag the filter came in over the filter and the threads of the cap -- kept things clean as I wiggled it around. But NEXT TIME I will leave the filter in the bag, top end opened and get the cap and it in position separately, put together, pull bag off and install.

Somebody at Ford should have been shot for putting the HFCM there

Racor or MC (I found Racor a tad cheaper...)

Have fun!

 

Here's my OEM filter rafter changing it out. Glad to have one to filter all of the junk left behind as see below. Not to say another would have captured it but I'm not going to be the Ginny pig.