spyder63
Full Member
I can hardly believe this one. Monday I picked up my new 2004 Av. I look them over real good as soon as I get home, checking all the fluid levels etc. I looked to see where the fuel filter was mounted. I couldn't find it in the normal position on the left frame rail under the driver's seat. So I looked at all the fuel lines from the tank to the fuel rails on the engine. No filter! I called my dealer and he told me it was on the frame rail. I told him It wasn't there. He all but called me a lair. Anyway, he did some research and found that the brilliant engineers at Chevy decided to put the fuel filter inside the tank. They cited that to many customers were complaining about it costing $500.00 to $700.00 to replace fuel pumps that failed because the fuel filter had never been changed and created so much back pressure on the pump that it failed. So, Chevy put it in the tank and said it was good for the life of the truck. B.S. What if you get a bad load of fuel and it plugs it up. Now you are stuck with a tank drop to change a filter.
I can't imagine what they were thinking when they decided to do this.
Thought I had better post this so that when you all start to change your filter you won't spend an hour looking for it.
I wonder if Chevy will honor this under warranty if it plugs up?
They may have it fixed so will have to buy the complete pump assembly just to get the filter.
westex
I can't imagine what they were thinking when they decided to do this.
Thought I had better post this so that when you all start to change your filter you won't spend an hour looking for it.
I wonder if Chevy will honor this under warranty if it plugs up?
They may have it fixed so will have to buy the complete pump assembly just to get the filter.
westex