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[Webby the Bear]

So few weeks back I changed fuel filter on wife's corsa. When I tipped it up there was a lot of black crud coming out from the inlet side. Nice clean fuel coming out of the outlet.

Changed my fuel filter today.clean as a whistle from both ends.

Wife's car is only on 34k miles and is a 2005. One that came off I'm guessing was the original. Mine was changed 20k miles ago. However I'm ashamed to say I regularly go to almost zero miles on the range lol

I feel better for changing it. But why do you reckon there was a difference in stuff that came out? Yes hers has done a few more miles but she always has fuel and I regularly run mine low. Any thoughts

[TheBoy]

TBH, with cars with plastic tanks, all this "don't run it low, you'll suck up the shit" is 'dangle berries'.  Its well known I frequently run out of fuel, always have, always will (though strangely, never in the Omega), and the only issue was with a shitty Escort diesel that was a bitch to reprime.

As to hers, well, a 10yr old filter will collect some shite, but never really seen that before, unless its been misfuelled.

[Webby the Bear]

Yeah bizarre. Or at least I've never seen it. At least the filter was doing its job with clean fuel coming out of the outlet.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

So few weeks back I changed fuel filter on wife's corsa. When I tipped it up there was a lot of black crud coming out from the inlet side. Nice clean fuel coming out of the outlet.

Changed my fuel filter today.clean as a whistle from both ends.

Wife's car is only on 34k miles and is a 2005. One that came off I'm guessing was the original. Mine was changed 20k miles ago. However I'm ashamed to say I regularly go to almost zero miles on the range lol

I feel better for changing it. But why do you reckon there was a difference in stuff that came out? Yes hers has done a few more miles but she always has fuel and I regularly run mine low. Any thoughts

Corsa C....like the one we have.

At least the fuel filter is a piece of piss to get to for those of a DIY persuasion.

Starting problems were caused by the filter leaking in our case.

[Webby the Bear]

So few weeks back I changed fuel filter on wife's corsa. When I tipped it up there was a lot of black crud coming out from the inlet side. Nice clean fuel coming out of the outlet.

Changed my fuel filter today.clean as a whistle from both ends.

Wife's car is only on 34k miles and is a 2005. One that came off I'm guessing was the original. Mine was changed 20k miles ago. However I'm ashamed to say I regularly go to almost zero miles on the range lol

I feel better for changing it. But why do you reckon there was a difference in stuff that came out? Yes hers has done a few more miles but she always has fuel and I regularly run mine low. Any thoughts

Corsa C....like the one we have.

At least the fuel filter is a piece of piss to get to for those of a DIY persuasion.

Starting problems were caused by the filter leaking in our case.

Yes mate corsa c. Got to say everything is a piece of piss on that car!

I suppose if they've rusted through and/ or leaking its an obvious reason to change. But I do wonder about them needing to be changed at all. Well, at least on petrol cars. 

[Nick W]

So few weeks back I changed fuel filter on wife's corsa. When I tipped it up there was a lot of black crud coming out from the inlet side. Nice clean fuel coming out of the outlet.

Changed my fuel filter today.clean as a whistle from both ends.

Wife's car is only on 34k miles and is a 2005. One that came off I'm guessing was the original. Mine was changed 20k miles ago. However I'm ashamed to say I regularly go to almost zero miles on the range lol

I feel better for changing it. But why do you reckon there was a difference in stuff that came out? Yes hers has done a few more miles but she always has fuel and I regularly run mine low. Any thoughts

Corsa C....like the one we have.

At least the fuel filter is a piece of piss to get to for those of a DIY persuasion.

Starting problems were caused by the filter leaking in our case.

Yes mate corsa c. Got to say everything is a piece of piss on that car!

I suppose if they've rusted through and/ or leaking its an obvious reason to change. But I do wonder about them needing to be changed at all. Well, at least on petrol cars. 

That's a common problem with them. Although external fuel filters have been a scheduled service item for ages, they often aren't replaced until they leak. Puntos are good for this: the paint on the steel bracket is poor(on a Fiat, who would have guessed), which leads to a rusty bracket on a thin aluminium filter. Then it leaks. Badly.


It's not just plastic tanks where the 'don't run it low' is 'dangle berries', metal ones are the same. Leaving the car standing for long periods is what causes the problem, and you wouldn't want to do that with a tankful of modern fuel which doesn't last long.

[Webby the Bear]

So few weeks back I changed fuel filter on wife's corsa. When I tipped it up there was a lot of black crud coming out from the inlet side. Nice clean fuel coming out of the outlet.

Changed my fuel filter today.clean as a whistle from both ends.

Wife's car is only on 34k miles and is a 2005. One that came off I'm guessing was the original. Mine was changed 20k miles ago. However I'm ashamed to say I regularly go to almost zero miles on the range lol

I feel better for changing it. But why do you reckon there was a difference in stuff that came out? Yes hers has done a few more miles but she always has fuel and I regularly run mine low. Any thoughts

Corsa C....like the one we have.

At least the fuel filter is a piece of piss to get to for those of a DIY persuasion.

Starting problems were caused by the filter leaking in our case.

Yes mate corsa c. Got to say everything is a piece of piss on that car!

I suppose if they've rusted through and/ or leaking its an obvious reason to change. But I do wonder about them needing to be changed at all. Well, at least on petrol cars. 

That's a common problem with them. Although external fuel filters have been a scheduled service item for ages, they often aren't replaced until they leak. Puntos are good for this: the paint on the steel bracket is poor(on a Fiat, who would have guessed), which leads to a rusty bracket on a thin aluminium filter. Then it leaks. Badly.


It's not just plastic tanks where the 'don't run it low' is 'dangle berries', metal ones are the same. Leaving the car standing for long periods is what causes the problem, and you wouldn't want to do that with a tankful of modern fuel which doesn't last long.

With round town MPG being in the mid to high teens the petrol stays in there a matter of hours let alone days/weeks 

[TheBoy]

Leaving the car standing for long periods is what causes the problem, and you wouldn't want to do that with a tankful of modern fuel which doesn't last long.

I suspect the fact that it usually starts on petrol helps keep fuel moving, and being driven around ensure whats in the tank gets swilled around, but I haven't put petrol in the MV6 for yonks

[TheBoy]

That said, I don't think of changed the fuel filter for 5 or 6 years either

[Andy H]

TBH, with cars with plastic tanks, all this "don't run it low, you'll suck up the shit" is 'dangle berries'.  Its well known I frequently run out of fuel, always have, always will (though strangely, never in the Omega), and the only issue was with a shitty Escort diesel that was a bitch to reprime.

As to hers, well, a 10yr old filter will collect some shite, but never really seen that before, unless its been misfuelled.

or it left the factory with it

[Webby the Bear]

TBH, with cars with plastic tanks, all this "don't run it low, you'll suck up the shit" is 'dangle berries'.  Its well known I frequently run out of fuel, always have, always will (though strangely, never in the Omega), and the only issue was with a shitty Escort diesel that was a bitch to reprime.

As to hers, well, a 10yr old filter will collect some shite, but never really seen that before, unless its been misfuelled.

or it left the factory with it

Lol t'was probably built on a Friday 

[frostbite]

I had a '95 e36 coupe, when I changed the filter I believe it was the original but it had a FSH. The filter was disgusting all silt and sand dropped out of it

It only had 57k miles on the clock in 2008 so milage isn't everything  ( probably supermarket  fuel)

[Diamond Black Geezer]

My old girl had sat SPRN for 7 years, as most on here know, and I regret to say still on the same fuel filter which was fitted some time last decade 

Unless I'm missing something very bad, there seems to be no mechanical maladies caused as a result. I'm not saying I approve of my own practices, do as I say, not as I do, sort fo thing. Will change it in the summer, I have one from Keith ABS ready to go on.

[Shackeng]

One fill-up from a station with dirty storage will do it.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I know of a few vehicles where they lacked grunt at higher revs, in both cases it was a clogged fuel filter limiting fuel delivery.

The Corsa ones tend to rot through if not changed to!