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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Installed wrong fuel filter

I bought fuel filter for my f250 psd and thought that maybe the ones that were in the motorcraft box were the rights one. The one that went on the lower filter was a little different so i assumes that maybe it was a new and improve model. went back and bought the same pair of filter and saw that someone else had swapped them. put the right one on right way. did i damage anything?
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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what was different about it...what year is this truck?
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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fuel filter

Help me out if u can man, it looked exactly the same but the lip on the part that goes into the housing was a little different, kinda had a single lip with its own gasket. its a ford f250 6.0
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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2004

Its a 2004
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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My thought is maybe someone had swapped the motorcraft one out with a fram or store brand and if it fit that is most likely what happened you just paid too much for an offbrand or a ripp off fram filter... just pay attn to you truck unless the filter degraded alot I believe your fine... You can get those filters for much less online and they are racor which is the same as motorcraft from places like fleetfilters.com
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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one last thing patrck, do you think i messes up the inside of the housing.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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y do you ask that? did you have to modify it to get it in?

I don't think you could have hurt the housing with the filter though


also you might get even more info from the guys and gals down on the 6.0L section they are very helpful and know much more than I know
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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No, it fit in there pretty good. just asking. thank for the help i really appreciate it.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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Than IMO I think everything is fine man
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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There is a new primary filter out that looks very similar to the old one, but has an o-ring on the end that fits inside the pump housing. That sounds like what you are describing.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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yeah thats exactly it, always paranoid with all this stuff i keep reading about the 6.0, feel like i got cheated in life. bought it brand new, cant afford to change trucks.
 
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