So.... my 2006 Express van takes two fuel filters... at $90 per set from the Dealer. Ouch.

GM part #19149845
Delco TP1537

I have searched the web with no luck at finding these filters, much less finding them cheap. Dealer is saying they should have been changed at 15K. I spent the $90 to carry a spare set in the Express... as I did when I was driving a Powerstroke... you drive a diesel you carry filters... and why change if the thing is still running and lights aren't flashing and the thing will still run 95mph and stay with traffic on I-80??

Anyone have any ideas on how long I should wait before I cave into Dealer demands and change the damn things?

"Buy clean fuel... keep it clean" That was the moniker on every Caterpillar tractor fuel cap some 35 years ago when I was running them damn things for a living. Of course, we ran them things until they quit because the filters were plugged. Took an extremely long time... like two years or longer in the dirt and the dust of a construction job and whilst being fueled sometime during the night by some guys in a dust encaked pickup truck with a rusty tank and hand cranked pump and fuel from who-knows-where.

I only buy fuel for my Express in a few places that I know are more likely to have good fuel. Like Walmart.

So.... my 2006 Express van takes two fuel filters... at $90 per set from the Dealer. Ouch.

GM part #19149845
Delco TP1537

I have searched the web with no luck at finding these filters, much less finding them cheap. Dealer is saying they should have been changed at 15K. I spent the $90 to carry a spare set in the Express... as I did when I was driving a Powerstroke... you drive a diesel you carry filters... and why change if the thing is still running and lights aren't flashing and the thing will still run 95mph and stay with traffic on I-80??

Anyone have any ideas on how long I should wait before I cave into Dealer demands and change the damn things?

"Buy clean fuel... keep it clean" That was the moniker on every Caterpillar tractor fuel cap some 35 years ago when I was running them damn things for a living. Of course, we ran them things until they quit because the filters were plugged. Took an extremely long time... like two years or longer in the dirt and the dust of a construction job and whilst being fueled sometime during the night by some guys in a dust encaked pickup truck with a rusty tank and hand cranked pump and fuel from who-knows-where.

I only buy fuel for my Express in a few places that I know are more likely to have good fuel. Like Walmart.

try oehq.com, had good service from them in the past & their prices are reasonable..