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nickrand
At 208,000 miles, by changing the fuel filter you will gain not loose even
if it's not your trouble.
What makes you think you have a fuel problem to start with?
DodgeRida67
Not sure I do have a fuel problem. Just trying to find an easy solution to
a frustrating problem.
I wish I could do more maintenance myself. Paying others to diagnose
intermittent problems is awful.
nickrand
Oh I understand. I figured you weren't sure, and that you were stabbing in
the dark.
If you want solutions to a problem, the rule of thumb is to solve the
problem and not guess. That's why your one fuel pump and a set of plugs and
wires wasted and a little short of the money you spent on it.
So lets do it right what do ya say?
Do you have a "check engine" light ever illuminate at any point in time?
DodgeRida67
I notice the check engine light flick on and off for 0.0001 seconds when
the engine cranks but doesn't turn over. Otherwise it rarely comes on (a
handful of times over the 10 years I've had the car).
Below is a link to my original thread on this problem if more details would
be helpful. Thanks for your help.
http://www.car-forums.com/talk/showthread.php?t=3669&highlight=escort
nickrand
I had a similar problem with a Tempo. It turned out the fuel pump was bad.
Have a pressure check done on the fuel system. Don't drive with under a
1/4 tank of gas. It's hard on the fuel pump and could cause it to fail
prematurely. My Tempo had an inertia switch also. If your Escort has one,
check it also. Usually the fuel filter will cause stalling at higher
speeds, or no start at all if it is plugged. Change it fairly often to
keep dirt out of the injectors. Good luck!
Caravan Bud
honestly, there is something wrong with your question.
The only logical way to diagnose a fuel filter.... is to replace it. A
screw driver is what it takes usually. sometimes you have to relieve feul
pressure.
Fuel filters cost between $5 and $20. If you are diagnosing something
with the fuel system, you basically have to replace it anyway.
So as opposed to thinking about it, you replace it. Only if you are
considering abandoning the car would you not do it.
stamar
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DodgeRida67
I really wonder about your total contributions to these threads sometimes
dodge ridah. aCtually, many times. Not all of the time when I look
through this forum, but too often.
Your contribution to this thread is what? Worthless editorial. Not even
trying to help the person or pull off something intelligent.
What do you think is BS? Why? Where is there information you have
added? Where are your contributions useful to figuring out the problem at
hand?
It takes less time to replace a fuel filter than to read this thread.
Whereas the message board advice is going to be a hit or miss thing at
best, replacing the part tells you right away with certainty. Eliminating
the possibility. Dont waste your time thinking about something like this.
I think its insane. No mechanic would replace a fuel pump, and not
replace a fuel filter unless he was certain it was practically new. I have
not heard of this keeping the fuel filter in practice, and dodge ridah
contributed no reason for it.... Ignore this bad advice. Keep the old
fuel filter around just in case you ever hear a logical reason to keep it
in.
Buy the filter, and eliminate that problem. If it changes nothing, move
through the whole trouble shooting guide, some of those things are in
tblaxir's post.
You can test one end, then test the other? Or replace the thing? Which
takes less time? I cant even believe someone is retarded enough to
contradict me. If it is not the problem you have done routine maintenance.
stamar
Every word you typed out in this thread "helping" this guy was a load of
bullshit. I was pointing that out. Grow up and admit you don't know what
the F you are talking about fool.
DodgeRida67
