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myfrontier02	2008 fuel filter	Lead	[-]
Posts: 41 (08/04/08 10:02 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None i tried to go online to check out prices for the fuel filter for our trucks and there isn't even a listing for the truck is it possible that the truck doesn't have one impossible
Mathster		#1	[-]
Posts: 4668 (08/04/08 10:44 PM) Crazy Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nope, your hunch is right. there isn't one. just the in tank strainer/screen. If you feel you need one, look at a generic inline filter that you can splice in a rubber hose fuel line. While you didn't realize it, the National Anthem does end with "Gentlemen Start Your Engines!"
myfrontier02		#2	[-]
Posts: 42 (08/04/08 10:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	the generic inline filter would have to be rated for high pressure right,has anybody you know done it to their trucks ,this issue about the fuel filter realy bothers me,i think that was a stupid move for nissan,
Gold NH 4 x 4		#3	[-]
Posts: 231 (08/05/08 06:56 PM) Gold Member/ October '06 TOM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I agree that it's not a good design for the home mechanic. Its difficult to pull the fuel sender unit to clean/check the screen. But, that being the case, even if we had an external filter, the contaminants if entered into the fuel tank, would plug the suction screen FIRST, thus causing the removal of the sender unit anyway. And if the designers left off the suction screen ( so it would not be such a PITA to change), then the high pressure fuel pump would be left exposed to damage from said contaminants. The only good serviceable arrangement is like the early FI vehicles....both filter and fuel pump OUTSIDE of the fuel tank. Production efficiencies driven by the bean counters have sent that arrangement to history. Truck-On.... Gold 05,SE,KC 6-spd 4x4
irkingu2		#4	[-]
Posts: 306 (08/06/08 11:03 PM) Veteran Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Gasoline today is very clean. Every retail Gas Pump made by Gilbarco and its competitors now a days has a 10 Micron Filter. So since most off the shelf l Inline Fuel Filters only filter 30-50 microns, I just don't see this is a being significant issue. The other thing is that Titans were launched in 2003 and consume a lot more gas then our Miserly Frontiers and when I trudge through the Titan forums I don't see people with issues related to that screen getting clogged. Now if any of you do see those horror stories, be sure and link it to this thread because I always have doubted this design too. However all new Nissans don't have fuel filters and use this same design so go figure. So I'm of the opinion that maybe they know something that us DIY guys don't know.
Mathster		#5	[-]
Posts: 4671 (08/07/08 07:28 PM) Crazy Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Worked at a convience store for several years in college and never was the filter on teh pump changed. That being said, the fuel system is a closed system so any contamination would have to be introduced at the time of filling. While you didn't realize it, the National Anthem does end with "Gentlemen Start Your Engines!"
Gold NH 4 x 4		#6	[-]
Posts: 232 (08/07/08 07:57 PM) Gold Member/ October '06 TOM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I never really thought that a major contaminant issue would be from pump fuel. Its vandalism type introductions of sand, sugar,etc, or a dirty portable can of fuel,etc. In either case, its easier to remove the faulty items .... outside of the tank....rather than inside. Truck-On.... Gold 05,SE,KC 6-spd 4x4
Mathster		#7	[-]
Posts: 4672 (08/07/08 09:36 PM) Crazy Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	sugar wont usually be caught by a filter, sand will, dirty portable cans can be an issue if you offroad much. You also have the possibility of getting watery fuel or condensation causing mold growth (the reason diesel trucks change fuel filters at every oil change). I have convinced myself that a filter isn't needed in most cases. While you didn't realize it, the National Anthem does end with "Gentlemen Start Your Engines!"

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