Black fuel. What does this mean??

**drummer52910** · 05-17-2008, 08:45 AM

Well today i changed my fuel filter with a new Wix fuel filter. The old one was installed by me when i first bought the car, it had about 9,000 miles on it. It was the cheap 6 dollar brand from O'reillys. I put my new Wix on and everything went fine. Before i threw the old one away though i dump some of the fuel on my hand, and it was all black! I have no idea what this could be, anyone seen this before?

**SVG210** · 05-17-2008, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by drummer52910

Well today i changed my fuel filter with a new Wix fuel filter. The old one was installed by me when i first bought the car, it had about 9,000 miles on it. It was the cheap 6 dollar brand from O'reillys. I put my new Wix on and everything went fine. Before i threw the old one away though i dump some of the fuel on my hand, and it was all black! I have no idea what this could be, anyone seen this before?

common normal, a fuel filter filters out particles that you dont want to end up on your injectors.

**drummer52910** · 05-17-2008, 12:20 PM

Thats kinda what i was thinking but when i turned it over to check black fuel was coming out of the filtered side. Maybe the filter was just breaking down? It was a cheaper brand.

**SVG210** · 05-17-2008, 12:23 PM

yes when they get old all that accumilated dust, dirts etc start changing colors. then if not changed they go right to your injectors.

**LS2Tuner** · 05-17-2008, 12:43 PM

Yes it's normal debris in your tank and the wonderful gas stations tanks that get's shared with your when they rape you at the pump.

**rbob93** · 05-17-2008, 06:51 PM

It means the filter did it's job

**jigger1166** · 05-18-2008, 03:04 AM

I've changed a lot of fuel filters, and the ones that have been on there for longer than they should have been , are the ones that dump black fuel like that.

You need to change your filter more often/sooner.