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Have had my Excursion for a few weeks now. Took it to the dealer for some maintenance on the brakes. Had them do oil and fuel filters while it was there. Dealer calls to tell me that the water drain valve had broken off when they tried to drain water and the needed to replace the housing. Picked it up today and this is what they found when they pulled off that assembly
You know, running your car out of gas is a bad idea. Why do they have to make up stories to make it seem worse? If you do the pump fails and the car dies wherever you are, is that not enough of a reason to keep the gas tank with a little happiness sloshing around?
It looked and felt like dirt - almost like GA red clay. It had formed it's self into little *****. The dealer told me that the upper fuel filter was disconnected. I'm not sure if that was a "work around" because this housing was so gunked up or what?
It looked and felt like dirt - almost like GA red clay. It had formed it's self into little *****. The dealer told me that the upper fuel filter was disconnected. I'm not sure if that was a "work around" because this housing was so gunked up or what?
Sounds like someone wasn't feeding the Ex right. If they bypassed a filter it's likely they knew they were feeding something non-standard into the system like farm diesel or something. It's also a reason to regularly treat diesel fuel system. Today's diesels for cars are cleaner for this reason, but even they should receive treatment for possible contaminants.
I look at the filter on this link and the crap look alot like what you have. Bio-diesel Compatible
