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That device looks quite a bit like a fuel filter used on a 1988 E150 with in-line 6 cylinder I had some time ago. It's a single use item, can't be cleaned or otherwise serviced.
It is not a fuel filter, it is a fuel reservoir. Evidently its function is to provide a bit of fuel in case the fuel in the tank sloshes and the in-tank pump can't pick up any fuel for a bit. Evidently on dual-tank vehicles this also functions as the device that switches the tanks. But on single-tank units it is just a reservoir.
Fuel reservoir.
I canʻt see how this will prevent shut down issues. Have you any other issues or codes?
Tune up lately?
You can see what is going on with my vehicle here:
Can you post the parts you have replaced so far in regards to the fuel system?
About 5 years ago the in-tank fuel pump burned up. Just prior to this (probably as the pump was going bad) the fuel pump relay burned up. When the relay burned up, it also took out the Inertia Switch. Shortly after this the pump itself burned up. When it was removed from the tank, it had literally welded/melted metal parts of the pump.
It has been replaced with an Airtex pump (E2060S).
With the new regulator, it's running 30 PSI at idle, 38 with the vacuum line removed. This is lower than it was with the factory regulator, but still within spec, though at the low end of spec.
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