Fuel filter

[Beastb15]

Ok. So I went and bought new spark plugs and fuel filter. When looking at the pictures in the *stickied* thread up above, it shows that the fuel filter has 1 inlet. However, the fuel filter that I purchased has 2 inlets. Could it be that I have an 03 Explorer and the X in the stickied thread is an 04?

 

[gspfunk]

Ok. So I went and bought new spark plugs and fuel filter. When looking at the pictures in the *stickied* thread up above, it shows that the fuel filter has 1 inlet. However, the fuel filter that I purchased has 2 inlets. Could it be that I have an 03 Explorer and the X in the stickied thread is an 04?

My 03 4.0 also has 2 inlets....

EDIT: I misread your post...you should have 2 inlets, so the sticky is a different year.

 

[E.B. Cornburner]

2003 could have had either style. '04 and later just had one inlet and one outlet.

I double-checked this when I went to get a replacement filter for mine, as I had read somewhere that all the FFVs had the style with 3 fittings. We looked up from '02 on, and starting in '04, they were all the same. The catalog was right...Mine only had one inlet and one outlet.

 

[gspfunk]

Very interesting. So, Cornburner, since yours has a single in/out, is it the same style connector on both sides (requires the fuel line tool)? Just curious....

 

[E.B. Cornburner]

Very interesting. So, Cornburner, since yours has a single in/out, is it the same style connector on both sides (requires the fuel line tool)? Just curious....

I only wish. The side going to the engine has the familiar quick-disconnect that requires a disconnect tool. The other side has this chintzy plastic #@%!! clip that fights you every step of the way. Once I figured it out, it wasn't too bad, but it's tricky if you have never done one before.