[Tomko]

I relocated my fuel filter to the engine compartment on the fire wall . I can now do top side fuel filter change as it is on VW TDI's .

The factory fuel filter has a heater built into it as well as a water separator.

Did you relocate the fuel heater as well as the water separator when you relocated the fuel filter to your fire wall?

I wonder if there's a reason why GM didn't put the fuel filter on the firewall? Maybe to prevent fires in a front end collision or perhaps something else related to safety and engineering.

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[Tomko]

diesel - this is an excellent contribution to the diesel oeuvre.

A quick question: did you get a measurement on the filter housing nut? I'm curious to know the size of socket we'll need. I have a 32 mm one from Snap-On that's intended for oil filter housings. Maybe it'll work.

It's also possible that the O-ring will swell in the presence of diesel fuel.


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[Tomko]

maybe conspiratorial, but i think they buried it on porpoise, drive more $$$ into dealers pockets...

the duramaxs at work, the fuel filter is in the engine bay, but gotta remove splash shield from wheel well to get at it, so history of chevy burying it.

Maybe it has to do with improving weight distribution? Diesels are already front heavy and moving five pounds back may have been a consideration.


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I can not help you. Ask the other gear heads here I am sure they can help you.
Sorry.

Manny - I really don't understand why you've offered this as an answer.

You've posted that you relocated your fuel filter and described it as an advantage on this thread which diesel has created to inform others how to change their factory fuel filter.

But you've not answered any questions regarding your considerations for doing so nor even posted an image of your innovation when requested to do so.

Your response is to direct a brother member to address their request to a Gearhead when you know very well that you're likely the only person in the world who has relocated a fuel filter on a RPO LUZ engine and therefore the only one who can respond.

If you truly believe that you've struck upon a superior engineering / safety / cost / convenience innovation that the manufacturer missed than please share your findings with the community, whom you are a part of, by way of a dedicated thread.

In my view, proceeding as you've done here serves to take the focus off of diesel's substantial contribution; which may not have been your intent, but is effectively a disservice to diesel and what he has done for all of us.


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My change fuel filter just came up at 33,750 miles.

 

[Tomko]

Does this coincide with your overall MPG as calculated by other methods?

Good question. I did the math and it equates to 925 gallons which equals 3,500 litres.

I'm not sure where the others got the 1,000 gallon figure from?

 

[Tomko]

Here was my initial finding on the 1000 gallon figure:

http://www.cruzetalk.com/forum/64-c...ve-answer-fuel-filter-life-its-not-miles.html

Thanks for the reminder. I will check that screen in the DIC and see what it says.

If your Cruze is a native-metric build, then that sounds about right. (You are in Canada, aren't you?) Just like your economy-game numbers are set to a conveniently round metric number, and don't calculate out to exactly our 25/50/500, they probably set your fuel filter monitor for 3500 liters rather than 3785.4, which would be the exact conversion for 100 gallons.

Yep, mine is a RPO Z49.

 

[Tomko]

Okay - so when I got to the car late this afternoon the DIC said that 3,780 litres had passed through the engine.

1,000 U.S. Gallons = 3,785 litres.

 

[Tomko]

Mine never stopped. There was WAY more than one housing full in the pan before I just removed the housing. Now I don't even bother to open to drain. I just go right for the housing.

That was my experience as well.

http://www.cruzetalk.com/forum/201-...131586-drained-water-changed-fuel-filter.html

 

[Tomko]

Deceiving it is because it's wet.

Let it sit to dry for a couple of weeks then compare it to a new and dry one.

When I did, mine turned a tan colour.

 

[Tomko]

Pics, please!

Didn't take any pictures because I didn't think it was significant. I later burnt the filter in my barbecue. Threw off an enormous amount of BTUs.