Perkins Fuel Filter Crossover Question

Jd

The Perkins Fuel Filter he is purchasing is 130366120, but he is paying $6.95 locally, at least this is the figure he quoted. I believe the Perkins dealer brings these in from the UK, where they are probably cheaper.

I think the Oil Filter they are using is Perkins 140517050, which from my cross referencing is the same as the 22057107 used on 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / MD5 / MD6 / MD7 / MD11, but not called up on the D1 / D2 / D3 range. I do not know what they are paying, but I think around $15.
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Hello:
I am very surprised about the 130366120 being that cheap.  I wonder if he will discover that it will be more when he actually purchases it.  The $6.95 is the price I had for the filter in 2007 so maybe the price has been updated.

The 140517050 is an oil filter, but I show that is only used on industrial engines (a whole bunch of them though) so I would be uncomfortable using it on marine engines.   Might be OK, but who knows.  The 140517030 ones are used on many of the marine engines.

The trouble with these crosses is that no one guarantees they are correct.  They probably are, but if the filter has a different flow rate it can cause trouble over time.  Especially with the fuel filter as the injection pump use the fuel as lubrication as well.

Out of curiosity, I asked the Perkins guys to see if they could do any better on the fuel filters saying that I was being beat up by some people (no names and no area mentioned) who were selling them for around $7.50.  They may or may not get back to me.

J.D.

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Hello:
I canceled the 16 fuel filters. Attached is a quote showing the cross overs.  Remember these cross overs are not blessed by anybody.  I gave the Volvo, the Perkins and the Cummins (fleetguard) equivalents.

I wonder what part number your customer is purchasing as the Perkins filters equivalents are not that much less expensive.  Could you get the number of the Perkins filter so we can see what he is purchasing?

J.D.

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