Brownish fuel in the Fuel Filter! How bad is that??

Kdubslugga

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Ive been having idle problems lately and couldnt figure out why, now its gone to not being able to start, like its not getting enough fuel, or any fuel? I checked out the Fuel Filter and was pouring it out and it was like a brownish redish rusty looking liquid, I take it that the fuel filter is clogged pretty bad, could i have done any more damage to the car with a fuel filter like that??

 

GREG91GT

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filter

thats the job of the filter to catch things like that, did you put a new one on and try it

 

88stangmangt

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well lol ya......................eventually all that will travel it's way to your injectors so re-place it asap you should be doing it every 30k. do nt feel bad i poured one out the other day from a 88 herizon that was black fuel but she had T.B.I.

 

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I change fuel filters all the time at work, it's normal when you remove a fuel filter and let it flow out backwards you get some dark dirty fuel. I change mine every year and it comes out clear, but I guess that is another bennifit of premium fuel. I run Ammaco/BP 93 almost strictly.

 

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Kdubslugga said:

Ive been having idle problems lately and couldnt figure out why, now its gone to not being able to start, like its not getting enough fuel, or any fuel? I checked out the Fuel Filter and was pouring it out and it was like a brownish redish rusty looking liquid, I take it that the fuel filter is clogged pretty bad, could i have done any more damage to the car with a fuel filter like that??

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Sounds like your coffee filter?

 

HISSIN50

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that is common on motorcycle tanks when they rust inside. do our tanks rust? on bikes, you can clean and seal the inside of the tank (products like Kreem), but i would rather get a new tank for 100 bucks on the stang......i dont even know if our tanks can rust inside (a reason that vehicles are stored with a full tank over the winter).

and as said, replace it fairly often till you replace it and the fuel is clear....

has anyone ever figured out a way to put another inline filter near the fuel rail? probably a huge pain, but i like the idea.

good luck.