Old Wives Tale?

[Benzadmiral]

Originally Posted By: Reggaemon
I've heard of that when I first started driving and I have always followed that advice. I don't know if it matters or not, but I also don't step on cracks or walk under ladders and heaven help me if a black cat crosses my path.

If I went by that, with my large black longhaired cat, I'd have been dead 4 years ago!

 

[eddy21]

I slip the tanker driver a $20 and get my fuel right from the truck.

 

[redbone3]

My first job in the USAF was in POL (Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants). The technical school specified a waiting period between filling an underground tank and using that tank to fuel an aircraft.

 

[hattaresguy]

Originally Posted By: SuperDave456
CHANGE YOUR FUEL FILTERS!!!!

There's a few YouTube videos of old fuel filters being dissected that are terrible. (Google is your friend.)
And I've had a few myself that were full of what appeared to be sand and coated in tar.

Supposedly there are filters on fuel pumping stations, when I've seen them they look like FL1A sized spin on fuel filters. However, I've never heard of a recommended interval between changes. So whether or not they work regularly is anybodies guess.

You will never know what is in your gas. A tanker truck could of just left, or left hours ago, and fine sediment would/could be suspended for hours or days.
Even in high volume places, if they have an issue it would be spread out amongst the high volume.

Change your fuel filters, it's easier than replacing the fuel pump.
Your fuel pump will thank you!


I have not changed a fuel filter on a vehicle in a decade, heck most don't even have them anymore.

On my boat since our marina has brand new tanks I can go at least 2 if not three years between filter changes.

Again it all depends on where you fuel up.

When I fill up on some islands I use a Baja filter and I'm ecstatic to get 10 hours our of a set of mains and secondaries!

Modern US over the road fuel is freaken amazingly clean.

 

[DoubleWasp]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
Originally Posted By: SuperDave456
CHANGE YOUR FUEL FILTERS!!!!

There's a few YouTube videos of old fuel filters being dissected that are terrible. (Google is your friend.)
And I've had a few myself that were full of what appeared to be sand and coated in tar.

Supposedly there are filters on fuel pumping stations, when I've seen them they look like FL1A sized spin on fuel filters. However, I've never heard of a recommended interval between changes. So whether or not they work regularly is anybodies guess.

You will never know what is in your gas. A tanker truck could of just left, or left hours ago, and fine sediment would/could be suspended for hours or days.
Even in high volume places, if they have an issue it would be spread out amongst the high volume.

Change your fuel filters, it's easier than replacing the fuel pump.
Your fuel pump will thank you!


I have not changed a fuel filter on a vehicle in a decade, heck most don't even have them anymore.

On my boat since our marina has brand new tanks I can go at least 2 if not three years between filter changes.

Again it all depends on where you fuel up.

When I fill up on some islands I use a Baja filter and I'm ecstatic to get 10 hours our of a set of mains and secondaries!

Modern US over the road fuel is freaken amazingly clean.


I've been flat out amazed by what I've found in my polishing tank after filling in the Caribbean.

 

[hattaresguy]

Yep.

OTOH I pulled one of my tanks last year and looked inside, looked like brand new. I found one black spec on the bottom the size of a pepper flake. Not bad for 10 years!

 

[zzyzzx]

Maybe we can find someone here to get a used gas pump filter and cut it open and post the pics here.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Maybe we can find someone here to get a used gas pump filter and cut it open and post the pics here.

I'm going to see what I can find out. And no, I won't cut it open myself. I don't trust myself with an oil filter, let alone one that was filtering gasoline, unless you want pics from the burn ward or something.

 

[dlundblad]

The hose at my local station has a filter on it with a 5 micron efficiency rating.