Deerjager
Meister Gewehr
Yesterday I bought a new fuel filter for the 7.3. Headed to the outer banks for some deer hunting on Sunday. Well, I went and bought a Motorcraft filter from the local parts counter monkey just like last time. Got home and it was missing the filter housing cap. Went back and this was the only MC in stock and local Ford dealer was $20 higher. So, I buy a Purolator brand.
Get home, pull off old filer housing and filter. Lube gasket and o-ring on new filter etc, etc. Install new filter and housing. Now, my Buick is parked beside the SD since I had used it to run parts so I did not have to work over a hot motor.
Turn on switch and wait on the WTS light to go out and the fuel pressure to build. All of a sudden, 2 high pressure streams of diesel start squirting out of the filter housing. One takes care of dousing my Buick and the other coats my SD hood, fender and windshield etc. Cut off key, bleed fuel & pressure and open back up filter housing thinking I had pinched the gasket. Cleaned filter seat again and checked gasket for damage. Re-installed as above.
Cut on switch and once fuel pressure builds, two steams of fuel again. Now, I am po'ed. Too mad to be smart enough to move Buick out of the way of high pressure fuel stream. Now for the third time, I disassemble and use my OLD gasket and guess what, two streams of diesel again.
Pull off housing, and after cooling off I inspected the injection molded housing for the filter lid. I find TWO holes where the injection flow of molten nylon had not filled completely at the base of two different ribs. Now, let me pre-face this by saying I spent 20+ years in injection molding and my last 12 years molding automotive parts. I realize my problem is becuase some ass had not PM'ed the mold as per requirements and probably produced bunches of bad filter housings
. Glass filled nylon requires clean molds to get even gas venting and proper flow fronts.
Traveled back to parts house and got another. The Manager's response was "Sorry about that"
. We will not discuss what I really wanted to say to the Manager, but you can imagine. At least they could have offered some car wash or something becuase he knew I was pissed and had TWO vehicles coated with oil to clean. I smelled like a long-dead dinosaur .
Installed the replacement and no problems. I inspected this one with a bright light to ensure there were NO holes in the molded part before using. My neighbors wife was headed to work and obviously had heard my earlier tirade, because she stopped her car at the end of the driveway and asked if I needed something and was ok.
Morale of the story here.....Buy OEM! Should have known better than stray from Motorcraft filters. I spent another three hours cleaning my Buick, Superduty and driveway. Should ahve spent the extra $20 and got it from the Ford dealer or waited until the parts house had MC back in stock.
Get home, pull off old filer housing and filter. Lube gasket and o-ring on new filter etc, etc. Install new filter and housing. Now, my Buick is parked beside the SD since I had used it to run parts so I did not have to work over a hot motor.
Turn on switch and wait on the WTS light to go out and the fuel pressure to build. All of a sudden, 2 high pressure streams of diesel start squirting out of the filter housing. One takes care of dousing my Buick and the other coats my SD hood, fender and windshield etc. Cut off key, bleed fuel & pressure and open back up filter housing thinking I had pinched the gasket. Cleaned filter seat again and checked gasket for damage. Re-installed as above.
Cut on switch and once fuel pressure builds, two steams of fuel again. Now, I am po'ed. Too mad to be smart enough to move Buick out of the way of high pressure fuel stream. Now for the third time, I disassemble and use my OLD gasket and guess what, two streams of diesel again.
Pull off housing, and after cooling off I inspected the injection molded housing for the filter lid. I find TWO holes where the injection flow of molten nylon had not filled completely at the base of two different ribs. Now, let me pre-face this by saying I spent 20+ years in injection molding and my last 12 years molding automotive parts. I realize my problem is becuase some ass had not PM'ed the mold as per requirements and probably produced bunches of bad filter housings
. Glass filled nylon requires clean molds to get even gas venting and proper flow fronts.Traveled back to parts house and got another. The Manager's response was "Sorry about that"
. We will not discuss what I really wanted to say to the Manager, but you can imagine. At least they could have offered some car wash or something becuase he knew I was pissed and had TWO vehicles coated with oil to clean. I smelled like a long-dead dinosaur .Installed the replacement and no problems. I inspected this one with a bright light to ensure there were NO holes in the molded part before using. My neighbors wife was headed to work and obviously had heard my earlier tirade, because she stopped her car at the end of the driveway and asked if I needed something and was ok.
Morale of the story here.....Buy OEM! Should have known better than stray from Motorcraft filters. I spent another three hours cleaning my Buick, Superduty and driveway. Should ahve spent the extra $20 and got it from the Ford dealer or waited until the parts house had MC back in stock.
