Fuel Filter Location on a 1988 Ram 50
- 1). Locate the fuel filter on your carbureted engine by first raising and supporting the hood. Both carbureted and fuel injected fuel filters look the same. The filter resembles a metal canister that measures 5 to 6 inches. The fuel filter in the carbureted Ram 50 sits on the driver's side of the engine, back against the firewall. The filter's fuel lines mount on the bottom and top of it. The bottom line is held in place by a nut. The top line mounts to the filter with a banjo-bolt. (You can remove the fuel filter with a socket wrench and an adjustable wrench. Place a shop towel under the filter to soak up any fuel that may spill.)
- 2). Locate the fuel-injected engine's fuel filter by first applying the Ram 50's emergency brake. Raise the truck forward of the rear driver's-side tire with a hydraulic jack. Set a jack stand 3 inches from the hydraulic jack beneath the frame rail.
- 3). Slide under the truck near the gas tank. Right where the frame rail ends, just in front of the gas tank, you should see the fuel filter. It's the same size and shape of the carbureted fuel filter. The one difference is both of the fuel lines mount on top of the fuel injected filter. (To remove this fuel filter, loosen the hose clamps on the fuel lines with a Phillips screwdriver. Before you pull the hoses off the filter, set a metal catch pan beneath it to allow the fuel in the lines to drip into it.)
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