Fuel filter

[20gst]

I got my new fuel rail, its from Injector Clinic. Also got my Aeromotive A1000-6 fp/regulator and hose fittings etc. Im doing the whole fuel upgrade with -6AN from the fuel tank and the return as well.
Ok I also ordered a Russell fuel filter from Jegs 130gph 70-75psi rated 40 micron disc-type element, bi-directional.
The question is will this filter be ok ? People are telling me not to use it that I need a 10 micron filter...Im just wondering if I need to order a different filter before I do my fuel upgrade this weekend comming up, or if I will be fine with the Russell I already got ? Thanks..

 

[BoostinAWD]

It should be fine. I am using a 35micron fuel filter. You already have a filter on the pump and then one before the fuel rail. Anything that manages to make it through all that is small enough to burn up in your cylinders.

 

[doug]

I hope that filter works better than the Earl's inline one. I tried it and did not have any luck with it-- maybe it was my stock pump with no rewire not being able to push enough fuel through it, but my EGTs skyrocketed until I put the stock filter back on (kept the -6AN line from the filter to the rail, though, thanks to an adapter that screws straight into the stock filter).

 

[20gst]

Thanks Doug., I got an EGT guage too and will see if I get any changes in it. I got a 255fp so I guess I will find out this weekend if it matters or mot.

 

[BoostinAWD]

You sure you didnt have the filter backwards? They are designed to flow in 1 direction :laugh:

You may have just got somethign lodged into your filter because they can flow 10 times more than what any 4g63 could ever use in 1 minute.

 

[draculia]

i have the same russell filter you're talking about, i believe. i'm having problems with it leaking though, to the point where the fuel will squirt out. i pulled it apart and the oring is fine, so i put it back together and tightened it up. it doesn't squirt now, but still leaks like crazy. i'm going to try a new oring, and if that doesn't work, i'm just going to get the aeromotive that i wanted in the first place.

 

[doug]

Mine came preassembled with the fuel line, so unless AutoAlchemy put it on backwards, it should've been correct. I didn't check inside of it yet, maybe I'll do that sometime.

 

[doug]

Just to update, I did examine the innards of the Earl's filter I have, and it looks fine. I can also blow through it either way with no apparent "backpressure". I don't know why it wouldn't work for me....