# Fuel filter brands **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ion, saturn\ **Created:** [July 2, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245 "2018-07-02T05:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jb79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@jb79](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jb79)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/1 "2018-07-02T05:49:01Z")
Think this would be ok? It is way cheaper, but aside from the expensive ACDelco I found this one for 10 bucks: [https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/PSX23980](https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/PSX23980) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/2 "2018-07-02T06:14:32Z")
Not a problem. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/3 "2018-07-02T16:54:33Z")
Have you checked AutoZone? They’ve always been cheaper than NAPA for me. I paid $4 for my last. 13 years ago I bought a different brand and it leaked - it was an immeasurable bit thinner than my usual so the hose wasn’t tight. I don’t remember what it was. Fortunately I still had my old one so swapped it back in then returned it. They were equivalent in the parts book. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/4 "2018-07-02T19:04:32Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > Have you checked AutoZone? They’ve always been cheaper than NAPA for me. And many times AutoZone parts are significantly of lesser quality. Many NAPA filters are made by WIX. There’s a good local parts store that carries Wix filters and it’s less then a mile from a NAPA store. The Wix oil filters at store one are about $2 less then the NAPA Gold oil filter for the same car. Only difference is one says Wix and the other NAPA ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/5 "2018-07-03T00:35:02Z")
I’ve usually had good parts from AutoZone. I checked my records: the too-thin fuel filter was from AutoZone. They took it back and I bought one from Checker instead. I should have written Pep Boys/Advanced/Checker/Kragen/Chief/Car Quest (don’t know if those are all still in business). AutoZone is convenient to me and has more parts in stock. They had a re-build kit for the carb of my '87 Toyota pickup in stock. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/6 "2018-07-03T00:39:08Z")
Around here it used to be Champion Auto. Actually I bought stuff from them and usually didn’t have a problem. Maybe they’re OK but I just don’t buy car parts at AZ. Wax and fluids yeah, but not car parts. I will usually either go OEM or else NAPA and the guys at NAPA will tell you about the different grades they have if they have several. I wouldn’t worry about a filter from NAPA. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/7 "2018-07-03T02:34:10Z")
I might point out that part in the picture is actually a combination of fuel filter and regulator seems to be from a car with an early type of mechanical returnless system Those often cost a little more than $4k I’ve had significantly more problems with autozone parts, versus napa parts . . . for what its worth ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/8 "2018-07-03T02:40:18Z")
I use AZ and NAPA, if I need an important part I go NAPA, ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter-brands/120245/9 "2018-07-03T02:40:54Z")
I’ve always had pretty good luck w/NAPA parts myself. Providing it is the right part number for the application, should work ok.