Anyone ever have a fuel filter fail. I dont mean fill with debris. It developed a leak on the outer canister about an inch from the bottom. We're are traveling across Texas on the way to Nac and DW says "I smell fuel". I pulled into a rest stop and checked in back and sure enough, there was diesel on the ground, in the engine compartment and on the toad. I started looking around and could see the fuel spurting out the side of the filter. Luckily, I had a spare with me (Thank you Neal for delivering the spares when we met up in Pennsylvania). The old filter was very reluctant to leave its spot but I finally got it. I followed the priming procedure to restart and got it all back together. We were back on the road in about 3 hours.
the filter was a fleetguard ff215 and fits in a cummins 8.3. I replaced it with a napa equivelant.
Anyone have any idea why a cartridge filter would fail this way?
All I can think of is a drop of water rusting thru.
I've seen filter freeze and split, but not in Texas.
Ive had many filters fail due to a crease in the metal. Shipping damage, dropped during installation, manufacturing defect, whatever caused it, it failed on the damage. Oil, fuel, etc.
Any device may fail, was it made in China?
If you haven't thrown it away try to open at the leaking area and check for rust. water settles to the bottom.
The flaw could have happened in the manufacturing process. Possibly a nick in the stamping punch, flaw in the steel, etc.
I have seen a steel bolt flattened inside a 20mm cartridge case, 1960 Fords start rusting right after leaving the factory (due to Ford using scrap metal with rust in/on it), a glass coke bottle with fishing line inside, and a bunch of other things that happened during manufacture and weren't caught.
I would notify Fleetguard and save the filter for them to analyze as to failure cause.