Many Members have noticed and questioned the recent Fuel Filter product changes in regards to the acDelco TP3012 being discontinued, updated to the new TP3018.
The acDelco TP3012, commonly known as the relabeled Parker-Racor PFF50216 coalescing fuel filter, is visibly different from the new TP3018 filter, in that you can see thru the center of the element.
Since so many of us use the more value-priced PFF50216, the question has been raised as to whether we will also see these changes reflected in the Parker-Racor filter too.
Rest easy, it's not.
Confirmed; Parker-Racor no longer supplies the re-labeled acDelco TP3012 fuel filters.
The claimed "...minor internal part geometry change to aid in manufacturing..." also includes a change in who manufactures the TP3018, as it is No Longer Parker-Racor.
Since no performance test data is available for this new filter, I would highly recommend you go with an alternative to the TP3018 (unless you find old stock TP3012s).
Racor's PFF50216
or
Baldwin's BF9882
It appears so far that they have not changed their source for the complete Fuel Filter Head Assembly,
Still the Parker-Racor PFF4245R2-02, just over $100 still.
http://www.parker.com/literature/Racor/Racor_Filtration_-_ParFit_Parts_Catalog_-_7686.pdf
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The acDelco TP3012, commonly known as the relabeled Parker-Racor PFF50216 coalescing fuel filter, is visibly different from the new TP3018 filter, in that you can see thru the center of the element.
Since so many of us use the more value-priced PFF50216, the question has been raised as to whether we will also see these changes reflected in the Parker-Racor filter too.
Rest easy, it's not.
Confirmed; Parker-Racor no longer supplies the re-labeled acDelco TP3012 fuel filters.
The claimed "...minor internal part geometry change to aid in manufacturing..." also includes a change in who manufactures the TP3018, as it is No Longer Parker-Racor.
Since no performance test data is available for this new filter, I would highly recommend you go with an alternative to the TP3018 (unless you find old stock TP3012s).
Racor's PFF50216
or
Baldwin's BF9882
It appears so far that they have not changed their source for the complete Fuel Filter Head Assembly,
Still the Parker-Racor PFF4245R2-02, just over $100 still.
http://www.parker.com/literature/Racor/Racor_Filtration_-_ParFit_Parts_Catalog_-_7686.pdf