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[Lincoln Jealous]

i was so excited i got the r-clips off, i forgot which way the filter goes in, could some please help, i got the motorcraft with the arrow on it, i just dont know which way, im thinkin the arrow into the car?

 

[XLRVIII]

screen facing outwards, or pleats facing inside whichever way you look at it.
Basicly you want the pleated side closest to the maf and the wire screened side facing the direction the air comes from

did that make sense?

 

[XLRVIII]

arrow usually indicates the "direction the air is flowing".

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

so i want the arrow pointed going to the engine , Not towards the fender

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

or is it the other way, the arrow would be pointing towards the connection on the right

 

[NYC LS8]

Fuel filter?

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

Fuel filter?

yes sorry

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

i just read online that the arrow should point towards the engine, so this would be towards the far left side connection?

 

[NYC LS8]

It should point towards the engine.

 

[XLRVIII]

yes sorry

yea sorry I thought the air filter is what you were talking about..my bad.

 

[JWerner2]

Fuel filter?

Bingo!

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to catch on here

 

[386Motoring]

This confused me.... How does something so simple seem to be so confusing? LOL

 

[starfox86]

I thought the arrow meant the flow?

 

[JWerner2]

It does mean the flow, and it flows to the engine.

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

haha, im sorry people, i thought the dreaded r-clips would be a hint, but i actually think the filter can only go on one way, once i put the filter into the bracket, i realized it had a little extra clip thing on the bracket that fits only on one end of the filter, which was the arrow pointed towards the engine, thanks everyone

 

[pektel]

I thought the arrow meant the flow?

It does mean the flow, and it flows to the engine.

lol

 

[2000sport]

I actually replasced the fuel filter today LOL...

It's amazing that even with 91k miles, the filter still was a motorcraft with a lot code dating to 2000... So the filter had over 90k miles on it.. And I wondered why my mpg was so bad... Wow...

Also painted the calipers since the wonderful rust color was starting to bug me.. Pics as soon as it is washed...