Fuel filter Wix or OEM Volkswagen

Wix for fuel on the 7.3, but Ford OEM(Motorcraft FL-1995(A) ) on the oil filter. Never an issue.

I have 115,000km on my 2022 LM2 Silverado. So far it's been great, but some people have experienced serious issues on older ones. Gm is constantly improving this little motor. Lessons I've learned myself or through several forums and family members with the same motors:\n\n- Fuel additives seem to get better mpg and less regens \n- Only available oils are amsoil, mobil 1 and OEM. (Amsoil isn't dexos certified though)\n- Oil changes are pricey compared to gas, cheap compared to bigger diesels. I pay $250 CAD \n- Known to crack radiators (top right side) as well as water pump leaks. \n- Many people tend to replace the MAP sensor or clean it after a while to make it run smoother, it's a cheap part. \n- Doesn't seem to burn oil, but mine is consuming a little coolant lately (I suspect radiator).\n- The factory fuel filter is 5 micron but Wix makes a 2 micron replacement. Cheap and easy to do yourself. I pay around $50 CAD\n- Everyone online thinks they have blow by, they don't, just have a lot of crankcase pressure\n- Mine seems to misfire when started in weather colder than -15C for about a minute until warm. \n- A10 trans is smooth but has the odd rough downshift, I also follow the severe service interval table and change fluids with amsoil and new gm filter \n- Def consumption is never an issue other than towing. If towing anything heavy bring a jug or two. It will go into limp mode when you run out.

I have a wix fuel filter

I just swapped the fuel filter in my 97. Got a wix filter at O'Reilly's for less than 30 bucks. I believe it's the same filter for the 03, but if not they still make them and they're very similar. It should have two ports on one side, and one on the other in the direction of flow.

finished running the fuel lines too the rear and mounted the fuel filter housing with a new filter

At 100k miles it is time to replace the fuel filter. It is pretty easy to do, just pay attention to how the hoses release by pushing in at certain spots on the connector to not break them.

Wix is only $2 cheaper on rockauto. $28 vs $30.

I never had anything suspicious looking in any of my fuel filter changes on our 2012 JSW... always looked perfectly clean. HPFP failed without warning at 91k.

The wix oil filters worked well for me. The fuel filters not so much, I had a fuel water separator failure and injector failures because the wix filter was slightly shorter than the Mopar filters that I've been using.

Ive had this problem when people use crappy fuel filters too. Wix and fram and baldwin are awful.