Fuel filter clean up
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Draining the bowl when changing the fuel filter has another advantage besides not spilling diesel fuel over the top of your engine. Draining the fuel bowl into a clear container, and allowing that container of fuel to sit for 24 hours, enables you to see the percentage of water in your fuel sample, as the water molecules find each other and combine into globules at the bottom with time and settling.
If you are looking for algae and other contaminants, then draining into a clear container and giving the fuel time to settle out might be more instructive than peering at the top surface of an opaque bowl of fuel in the dark.
If you are looking for algae and other contaminants, then draining into a clear container and giving the fuel time to settle out might be more instructive than peering at the top surface of an opaque bowl of fuel in the dark.
Now, to find the drain hose. Apparently the previous owner re-routed some things. I guess there is suppose to be a drain line already attached? If so, where's the discharge end under the motor?
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I put the rubber hose thru a convenient hole in the frame and left it there. On the rare occasions I open the valve I can preposition the container with some accuracy.
FYI your drainage containers will separate more quickly if you put them in the fridge.
FYI your drainage containers will separate more quickly if you put them in the fridge.
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