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cudaman
08-23-2003, 06:26 PM
hey i was wondering if it was possible to clean a fuel filter with water and then let it dry or put in the microwave.(just temporarily) if not what could we clean it with. btw this is for a truck not a quad. post asap please!!!
Narly R
08-23-2003, 06:32 PM
LMOA! Do u need to dry it like supa fast? j/k man I dunno if puttin it in the microwave will work, but good luck!;)
Taco
08-23-2003, 06:36 PM
Why not just clean it with gas and forget the water?
cudaman
08-23-2003, 06:38 PM
aight, so water will work??? or no. also we dont ahve any gas on hand, would my nitro fuel from my rc car clean it?? is there anything else we could use. again. get back asap. thanks
foxracingboy
08-23-2003, 06:41 PM
if you have a paper air filter use an air compresser but soap and water worrk best on any other kind
cudaman
08-23-2003, 06:43 PM
Originally posted by foxracingboy
if you have a paper air filter use an air compresser but soap and water worrk best on any other kind

were not cleaning an air filter. its a fuel filter for a truck.
Narly R
08-23-2003, 06:52 PM
Will fuel clean fuel?:ermm:
foxracingboy
08-23-2003, 06:54 PM
my bad my bad
Martin Blair
08-23-2003, 07:20 PM
cant you buy a new one?
i would just hook it up backwards, thurn the ignition in the truck on and let it clean ti out.

explination.

take the fueal filter you rember how it is sposed to go right? well hook the flow up backword, but only the line that is coming from the take, DO NOT hook up the motor side, then get a bucket and put the other side of it in the bucket turn the car igniton on, it will pump fuel threw the filter backwords , do it for a few seconds, then hook it bakc up the right way.
bandit390
08-24-2003, 02:04 AM
Fuel filters are cheap.

Buy a new one.
Got Huevos?
08-24-2003, 02:44 AM
Originally posted by bandit390
Fuel filters are cheap.

Buy a new one.

yup
08-24-2003, 04:12 AM
clean it good with soap and water...let it soak in gas for a day..then put it right in the microwave for about 10 minutes.
GNCC#829
08-24-2003, 06:41 AM
Originally posted by bandit390
Fuel filters are cheap.

Buy a new one.

Not for my truck. At the dealer they are $55 and at Auto Zone they are $40.
bandit390
08-24-2003, 06:52 AM
Originally posted by GNCC#829
Not for my truck. At the dealer they are $55 and at Auto Zone they are $40.

Its only that price if you have one of the powerstrokes, duramax, or cummings because they are different from others. By chance he does have one of those, a $40 dollar fuel filter should be nothing. I doubt he does. So he's looking at spending $15. The one for my jeep cost $10.
cudaman
08-24-2003, 10:05 AM
actually a new fuel filter is 5 bucks for this truck. but we are having a problem. we cant find it! its a 79 datsun 620 series pickup. so if anyone has any info on where it could be, it would be much appreciated.