Now I think I got a bad new filter. Help
I am going to metal filter tonight as well. Should have never put the second plastic Wix on, after looking at the one I removed.
I like the plastic. :sign3:
Yes, they don't always fill up and work fine with half of it filled with air.
I went to plastic after making a HUGE MISTAKE.. :wack:
On my way back to school in Detroit from visiting my dad in Chicago, I filled up the tank of my 68 Barracuda and hit the road. I ran out of gas 43 miles into Michigan and walked to a gas station to call a tow truck to tow it back home... :-(
So get it towed back home, pull the engine and put another engine that was sitting in a parts car on the side of dad's house that hasn't ran in a few years (in two days). I go to start it and had trouble getting it started. Turns out - I was out of gas!!!! :-x :banghead:
I had the metal fuel filter on the car originally and could not see that it was out of gas. I didn't check to see if the car was out of gas, as I had filled it up before I left and could make it another 130 miles before needing more gas usually (the gas gauge was broken). So I spent $300 for the tow and changed my engine - all because I was out of gas.... :violent1:
Since then, I use a plastic filter so I can see if it is empty so I don't make the same stupid mistake again.... (That's "idiot proofing" for myself, because I can be an idiot sometimes...) :eye:
Maybe this is a story that I should keep to myself and not tell others....
