Before you fly off the handle, there is a filter. It's a "sock" around the
inlet of the fuel pump inside the tank. It's meant to last a very, very
long time - about as long as the pump itself.
"Al & Jeanna Figols" <ALJF@mhonline.net> wrote in message
news:3CCFE73B.D2AF10B3@mhonline.net...
>
> I learned something interesting that I never thought to ask about when
> buying my Dakota....Dodge doesn't use a fuel filter!!! How can that
> be? Are the injector openings big enough to allow debris to pass
> through? It seems unlikely to me. Has anyone ever had a problem due to
> the lack of fuel filter? Is there a fuel filter in the tank that is
> supposed to last the life of the Vehicle? Has anyone installed an
> aftermarket fuel filter on theire 4.7L truck? I'm concerned by this
> because fuel filter replacement has always been part of routine
> maintenance and on top of that, my wifes Subaru Forester with 11K miles
> had a problem with a defective fuel filter that wasn't filtering the gas
> and subsequently plugged up the injectors(fixed under warranty of
> course). If there is no fuel filter on new Dodges, what's preventing
> the same thing from happening to them?
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