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Jan 21, 2013 | 11:37 AM

vczar1

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Help to identify please.

I did a fuel bowl rebuild yesterday on a 2002 Excursion 7.3 4X4 and behind the bowl was this tube with a piece of hose attached to it that was not connected to anything??
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What is it? Should it be connected to anything?

Jan 21, 2013 | 12:49 PM

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Jan 21, 2013 | 12:51 PM

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What is it? Should it be connected to anything?

It's the drain tube to empty the fuel bowl.

Most of us connect a longer hose fed down further so when we drain the bowl, we can catch the fuel in a container easier.

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Jan 21, 2013 | 12:53 PM

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I wasnt sure if that was the one he was talking about. Guess I was thinking too far out of the box.

Jan 21, 2013 | 12:56 PM

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Yup, plugs into the fuel drain on the back of the bowl. The nipple at the bottom.

Jan 21, 2013 | 12:57 PM

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I wasnt sure if that was the one he was talking about. Guess I was thinking too far out of the box.

Whoa, LOL, your post wasn't there when I first clicked the quote button!

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Jan 21, 2013 | 04:07 PM

vczar1

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Great, i plugged it to the drain tube, just wasn't sure if I did the correct thing because everybody's talking about hooking up a hose to it

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Jan 21, 2013 | 10:40 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewart_H

It's the drain tube to empty the fuel bowl.

Most of us connect a longer hose fed down further so when we drain the bowl, we can catch the fuel in a container easier.

Stewart

Do you replace the stock hose, or slip a larger ID hose over the top of the original?

In either case, what length & ID hose is preferable?