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My husband went to auto places they told him the fuel filter was in the gas tank i brought my car up on internet they say its undr the hood 2014 chrysler 200
I called Autozone, he said I have to replace my fuel pump to get to my fuel filter because it's in the gas tank? I thought it was ridiculous... thats a 700-1000 job alone I believe. is this right? I have a 2002 Dodge Ram 4.7 Liter. man this sucks if it's true...
It's true. Suck it up and drop the tank. That shouldn't cost anywhere NEAR $700. I can get a very nice quality Delphi pump assembly for less than $150 and figure at the most 3 hours of labor for the job at $100hr average. I don't see it being that high.
Almost all Chrysler products these days have returnless fuel systems and the only filter is part of the filter sock on the pump. Partly why I do so many injection cleanings on Dodge trucks, I've taken injectors out of the rail and poured straight black gasoline out of the rail when tipped sideways. It's a stupid system that's supposedly designed to last the life of the vehicle, but rarely does. I do more fuel pumps on Dodge and Chevy trucks than anything else. On Chrysler products, we've taken to making our own retrofit line set under the hood and adding a small GM style inline filter before the rail, adds a layer of protection for the injectors. Does not however do anything to prevent the fuel pump from failing prematurely
On a side note. I replaced my fuel (paper) filter on my 1990 Chevrolet years back when it was 10 years old. Just for normal maintenance.
Sawed it apart and the old one was as clean as new.
I do use carb/injector cleaner and add to gasoline every few months on all of my vehicles. And never had any fuel issues.
YES, some genius "engineer" decided to put a fuel-filter, usually the sock-type, in the gas-tank. Better yet, some of these Einsteins forgot to put an easy-access cover to the fuel-pump/fuel-filter that is in the tank.....so a 1/2 hour job ends-up taking 4 times that and you get to drop your fuel-tank as a bonus.
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