So, you think the fuel filter's hard changing on a Silverado?

[More Power]

Quite the ordeal!

GM put the fuel filter on the engine to help it resist gelling fuel in cold temperatures (or possibly increase dealer visits). If you live in a warmer climate, I'd think about a remote mount.

[DickWells]

Uh, Jim. I just now noticed that I missed the medium duty forum by one notch. I decide to put something on a little-used forum, and mistakenly put it on an even less-used forum by mistake. Oh well, can you move it over there for me?

[LanduytG]

Know where near as hard to change as the pickups. I've changed mine about 10 times now and it only takes about 10 or 15 mins. I never fill mine before putting it on. I use the lift pump to prime it. I also unclip the wif sensor and and wait till I get the filter on the bench to swap it over to the new element.

Greg

[DickWells]

I always found the filter change on the Sierra to be a cinch, in comparison to the Kodiak. Mostly, because I removed a big piece of the passenger-side fender liner and made a stiff plastic cover for the hole, held on with SS sheet metal screws. A quick zip with an 18V driver, opened, or closed it, and I just reached in, over the tire and easily accessed everything. In the Sierra, there was no huge, stiff, unmovable wiring harness, rubbing the body of the filter canister.
Anyhow, the new after-market lift--pump & filter (Air Dog) has freed me up, 500%. I think I've ducked a bullet, in that I have towed 2400+ miles without issues, with an 80 gallon fuel tank, that had the potential to have residual algae in it. The AD filter is 2 micron, and I expected to have to change it, going across to Texas. Didn't happen, and I'm thankful. The rig sits in B-ville, with a very full tank of fuel from a station that's just 200 yards away, and it has an oversize dose of algae killer and other fuel treatments in it.