54Illinois Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Replaced my fuel filter after it got clogged with some rust. Standard NAPA brand. Could not get the car to start! Went and bought another "clear" fuel filter and checked out the other one....no wonder it would not work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 hey..it did its job...it prevented any gunk/trash from getting through....lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Illinois Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Live and learn, it is not blocked, that is the baffle in the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpy Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Now I'm baffled. Is the baffle blocking the port, or did 54 blow it when he didn't try to blow through it....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Illinois Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Not sure. They were all like this one and could be blown thru with air. Search me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Maybe some newer fuel filters require more PSI to push the fuel thru finer filtering elements, or they cake-up quicker because of the finer elements. (?) Now I'm thinking that's what was holding our Terraplane back. I did the same, put a standard NAPA filter on it. Ran for a bit, then wouldn't get fuel to the carb. This knowing the fuel system was all gunked up in the first place. (This year's "spring" project has been to R&R the T-Plane's fuel system and valves after realizing there was too much gook in the system to ignore.) Perhaps also the fact you found rust in the first filter you replaced - that clogged the new one up quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Illinois Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Dan, I initially thought it was clogged up. But when pulled, no gas, not a drop came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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