Diesel & Water - Need some pointers.
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Diesel & Water - Need some pointers.
I am almost thru my first tank(s) worth of diesel on my newly purchased 7.3 PSD and will be filling up this afternoon.
In reading thru the threads on this forum, it is apparent that water and diesel are not a good mix. My question to the group is are there any pointers I should know about when buying fuel and is there anyway to pro-actively prevent getting water in the tanks. How will the PSD act if I have water in the fuel? and is there a good way to eliminate it? How often should I drain/replace the fuel filter?
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In reading thru the threads on this forum, it is apparent that water and diesel are not a good mix. My question to the group is are there any pointers I should know about when buying fuel and is there anyway to pro-actively prevent getting water in the tanks. How will the PSD act if I have water in the fuel? and is there a good way to eliminate it? How often should I drain/replace the fuel filter?
Thanks.
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Diesel & Water - Need some pointers.
Originally posted by jmbatlanta
My question to the group is are there any pointers I should know about when buying fuel and is there anyway to pro-actively prevent getting water in the tanks.
How will the PSD act if I have water in the fuel? and is there a good way to eliminate it?
How often should I drain/replace the fuel filter?
My question to the group is are there any pointers I should know about when buying fuel and is there anyway to pro-actively prevent getting water in the tanks.
How will the PSD act if I have water in the fuel? and is there a good way to eliminate it?
How often should I drain/replace the fuel filter?
To eliminate water in the fuel, drain the water out of the fuel bowl until you smell diesel. Do this at every oil change.
Ford recommends you change the fuel filter at 15K miles, but I change mine at 10K. By 10K it's looking pretty filthy. When I change my fuel filter I like to completely drain the fuel bowl and fill it up with Standyne lubricity formula.
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Diesel & Water - Need some pointers.
And don't use any additives that have alcohol in them. If you do, the water will pass through the injectors instead of pooling at the bottom of the filter to be drained out.
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