A warning to those that run aeromotive fuel filters!!!!
12-31-07, 02:30 PM
#1
A warning to those that run aeromotive fuel filters!!!!
I was just pulling my fuel system out of the car to part out and store whats left. I went to blow the fuel from the filter with compressed air and it shot out of my hand like a rocket. I tried to blow trough it but it was VERY stopped up. I pulled it apart only to find very little particulates. It had a slime feel to it and smelled like oil. I don't know what caused it, weather it was the two stroke oil or the setting for months but whatever it is can't be good for flow. So either get the stainless element and keep the fuel system clean or check your filter on a very regular basis!!!
12-31-07, 07:48 PM
#6
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...10002_60228_-1
Huh, they recommend running it after the pump now. I always saw them before the pump. How would that work on a mechanical pump?
Last edited by 13B-RX3; 12-31-07 at 07:54 PM.
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12-31-07, 08:50 PM
#13
You need to run a stainless 100 micron filter before the pump. If you don't anything that goes through the pump will damage it and will end up in the second filter that you must run after the pump to protect the injectors. At that stage the second filter becomes cloged very easily because you normally run a lower micron filter there.
12-31-07, 08:50 PM
#14
There was not enough **** in the filter to plug it up. Something had saturated the paper an caused it to restrict. Since i installed that filter i have maybe run 30 gallons of fuel trough it. I disassembled it and blew what little **** it had in it out and it still seemed restricted. So yeah, thanks for that little lesson on how filters work 
.Edit. and i cleaned it once before i went to the dyno.
Last edited by 13B-RX3; 12-31-07 at 08:56 PM.
12-31-07, 08:58 PM
#20
You'll be surprise how many make that mistake. The fuel setup is responsible for many blown up applications. The fuel pressure gauge/warning light is one of the most important gauges to have also. It's the one variable in the combination you have no control over and it must be monitored. Defi's fuel pressure gauge can be set up to warn for low fuel pressure based on boost reference.
12-31-07, 09:02 PM
#22
You'll be surprise how many make that mistake. The fuel setup is responsible for many blown up applications. The fuel pressure gauge/warning light is one of the most important gauges to have also. It's the one variable in the combination you have no control over and it must be monitored. Defi's fuel pressure gauge can be set up to warn for low fuel pressure based on boost reference.
Thanks for the tip Chris, i don't think i would have enough time to monitor any gauges or lights (I'm doing good to get it into the next gear)
. Maybe i can rig something up so that if the pressure dropped off it would shut down the car.
12-31-07, 09:04 PM
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