Pre-pump fuel filter
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Originally Posted by hink10
What's a good, relatively inexpensive pre-pump fuel filter and where would you recommend buying? Thanks. 
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Originally Posted by PSNut
Hink...i have a Motorguard TP fuel filter. Best filtering out there with the cheapest elements(TP) and easy to find. Call Ralph or visit www.bypassfilter.com
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I went to carquest and purchased the filter mount for about 30 bucks and I can pick and choose what filter to run. Right now I have a 10 micron. Do you all think its better to have the pump pull through the filter or push? I havent mounted mine yet.
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Originally Posted by kennedyford
I went to carquest and purchased the filter mount for about 30 bucks and I can pick and choose what filter to run. Right now I have a 10 micron. Do you all think its better to have the pump pull through the filter or push? I havent mounted mine yet.
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Just be careful.. I had problems in extremely cold temperatures with the filter catching ice crystals, restricting fuel flow and leaving me stranded a few times.
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Originally Posted by BlackCloudDiesel
Just be careful.. I had problems in extremely cold temperatures with the filter catching ice crystals, restricting fuel flow and leaving me stranded a few times.
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Originally Posted by hink10
Was that with the motorgaurd filter? Do you have any recommendations? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by jtharvey
It may not be the cheapest, but I'm very pleased with my Dahl filter. In my mind, when it comes to the area of filtration, that's one place where I don't want to skimp. I'll pay a little more for a quality filter. It's just cheap insurance.
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Originally Posted by hink10
Which Dahl are you using?
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Originally Posted by fd1109
Is that a replaceable element or a reuseable one and what are you using the gauge for. Nice clean mount, I like it!
The element is a replaceable 2 micron element, made by Baldwin, which I believe is Dahl's parent company. The gauge is a vaccum gauge. It will give me an indication as to how much life is left in the filter. It's on the outlet side. Once you find out where the truck starts to run bad for the first time, you can take down the vaccum guage reading for future reference of "this is where my filter is clogged."
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Originally Posted by jtharvey
Thanks! The element is a replaceable 2 micron element, made by Baldwin, which I believe is Dahl's parent company. The gauge is a vaccum gauge. It will give me an indication as to how much life is left in the filter. It's on the outlet side. Once you find out where the truck starts to run bad for the first time, you can take down the vaccum guage reading for future reference of "this is where my filter is clogged."
The element is a replaceable 2 micron element, made by Baldwin, which I believe is Dahl's parent company. The gauge is a vaccum gauge. It will give me an indication as to how much life is left in the filter. It's on the outlet side. Once you find out where the truck starts to run bad for the first time, you can take down the vaccum guage reading for future reference of "this is where my filter is clogged."
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Originally Posted by jtharvey
I went with a Dahl 150, as I plan on bigger fuel upgrades (pump, supply lines) in the future and didn't want to replace it later. A Dahl 100 will work just fine on a stock and somewhat modified engine, ie stock fuel pump & lines and stock injectors. Here's a pic of my Dahl 150 mounted up:
