I recently bought a '98 Tacoma 2.4L with about 80K miles. No major problems showing, but I'm trying to get my act together regarding normal maintenance. The owner's manual maintenance sked looks pretty normal, except I cannot find any recommended interval for replacing the fuel filter. Is this an accidental omission? Replace it only when it's bad?? Any suggestions from the experts are appreciated. Thanks, ~OC~
Pretty much Lifetime - has a huge capacity for dirt. If you make a habit of running filthy fuel stored in an open drum that has a handful of dirt deliberately mixed in, the sock filter on the pickup arm in the tank will clog first.
It will take a minimum 250K miles to clog the main inline filter. Wouldn't surprise me to go for a Million without a problem - and for most people that qualifies as 'Lifetime'.
I used to off-road a lot so I carried a spare fuel filter with me, based on the Murphy's Law principle that if it's /ever/ going to clog it will happen at the worst possible moment. But for most people don't worry about it till it happens.
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Thanks for the quick feedback! Just to be safe, maybe I'll replace it when I hit 1/2 million . It's always nice to have one less thing to worry about...
Thanks again, ~OC~
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