How important is changing the fuel filter?
I am running the original filter on a 97 Tercel
with 190 000 km's (120 000 miles).
Of course sellers of fuel filters say every year?!

Thanks.

It depends on the quality of your fuel and on whether you run the tank
to near empty where you can pick up sediment that settles to the
bottom. If there doesn't seem to be a problem with fuel delivery, the
filter is probably OK. Changing it once every 10 years probably
wouldn't hurt anything though.


treesrcool wrote:
> How important is changing the fuel filter?
> I am running the original filter on a 97 Tercel
> with 190 000 km's (120 000 miles).
> Of course sellers of fuel filters say every year?!
>
> Thanks.

On 6 Nov 2006 06:53:54 -0800, "Mark" <bogusmailmark@yahoo.com> wrote:

>It depends on the quality of your fuel and on whether you run the tank
>to near empty where you can pick up sediment that settles to the
>bottom. If there doesn't seem to be a problem with fuel delivery, the
>filter is probably OK. Changing it once every 10 years probably
>wouldn't hurt anything though.

I just did mine last week, and it had been about 3 or 4 years. When I
got the old one out, it kinda looked like it needed it.

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:57:58 +0000, treesrcool wrote:

> How important is changing the fuel filter?
> I am running the original filter on a 97 Tercel
> with 190 000 km's (120 000 miles).
> Of course sellers of fuel filters say every year?!
>
> Thanks.

I change mine when the car starts choking and sputtering going up hills...