PUROLATOR PRO~FUEL FUEL FILTER Recalls

Oct 22, 2001 – EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: PUROLATOR PRO~FUEL BRAND AND NAPA IN-LINE FUEL FILTERS SHIPPED BY ARVINMERITOR FROM JUNE 19 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, 2001. SUSPECT FILTERS ARE IDENTIFIED BY PUROLATOR PART NOS., 804, 805, AND 806, AND NAPA PART NOS., 624804, 624805, AND 624806 WITH EIGHT-CHARACTER DATE CODESTHAT BEGIN WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS: SO6M14, SO6M15, SO6M18, SO6M19, SO6M20, SO6M21, SO6M22, SO6M25, SO6M26, SO6M27, SO6M28, SO6M29, SO6M30, SO7M02, SO7M03, SO7M05, SO7M06, SO7M07, SO7M09, SO7M10, SO7M11, SO7M12, SO7M13, SO7M16, SO7M17, SO7M18, SO7M19, SO7M20, SO7M21, SO7M23, SO7M24, SO7M25, SO7M26, SO7M27, SO7M30, SO7M31, SO8M01, SO8M02, SO8M06, SO8M07, SO8M08, SO8M09, SO8M10, SO8M13, SO8M14, SO8M15, SO8M16, SO8M17, SO8M20, SO8M21, SO8M22, SO8M23, SO8M27, SO8M28, SO8M29, SO8M30, SO9M04, SO9M05, SO9M06, SO9M07, SO9M08, SO9M09, SO9M10, SO9M11, SO9M12, SO9M13, SO9M17, SO9M18, SO9M19. THE POLYMER USED FOR THE HOUSING IN THE SUSPECT FILTERS MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH XYLENE, TOULENE, MEK, ETHANOL AND OTHER CHEMICALS SOMETIMES FOUND IN FUEL SYSTEMS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SUCH CHEMICALS CAN RESULT IN THE DEGRADATION OF THE POLYMER WHICH, IN TURN, WEAKENS THE FILTER HOUSING.