Fuel Heater?
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Fuel Heater?
Is the heater that thin wire thingamajig inside of the fuel filter housing with what kind of looks like a lead seal? I was just changing filters and noticed it for the first time ever. This is an extremely stupid question coming from a man that has had his truck as long as I have mine.........LOL
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Originally Posted by bdrummonds
Yep Mark, thats it. tread lightly, those solders are not that strong.
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I suspect I have broken it, I was fishing around for any o-rings that may have been in the bottom and found this little wire that I had never felt before so I just lifted up on it. One end is loose now and the other is connected somewhere. How important is this damn thing, and not having it working, is it gonna affect my mpg?
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Originally Posted by bdrummonds
unplug fuel bowl heater plug, before you try to start truck, or you will blow the fuse.
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my $.02:
If it isn't getting below 32 degrees F, then it isn't going to gell the fuel or make wax, which is why the heater is there in the first place. #1, a mix or lots of white DK does the same thing.
Pull the fuse and remember to fix it next time you do the filter. I myself would fix it on the thought procss that Ford put it there because of some reason.
Yes it will decrease mileage, because theoretically cold fuel is more dense. denser fuel has to take up less space. Will you notice the decrease? probably not
If it isn't getting below 32 degrees F, then it isn't going to gell the fuel or make wax, which is why the heater is there in the first place. #1, a mix or lots of white DK does the same thing.
Pull the fuse and remember to fix it next time you do the filter. I myself would fix it on the thought procss that Ford put it there because of some reason.
Yes it will decrease mileage, because theoretically cold fuel is more dense. denser fuel has to take up less space. Will you notice the decrease? probably not
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Well ****! This is real bad news. Does the entire housing have to come off to repair it? What do those of us that do the delete of the filter housing use for a fuel heater. I don't think taking this thing out anytime soon is on my priority list. I have to get the 35 mpg beater overgrown golf cart on the the road very soon or I'm going to be walking anyway.
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I'm sorry, perhaps you misunderstood me.
the fuel heater isn't all that important, unless it is -10 winter in NODAK and snowing. Most of the filter delete people live with the slight possibility that their fuel MIGHT someday jell on a really really really cold day. Like I said earlier, white bottle of DK or DK 911 should be all that you need to ungell. Now if you live in florida, then you absolutely don't have a need for a heater.
No it isn't gonna affect your mileage. I was pulling your leg with theoretical rocket science.
however you gotta pull the housing on my '00 per the book unless you can get access to the thermostat screws on the bottom front to pull the thermostat. then it is just 2 screws in the bowl to pull out the heater. By the descriptions, you may not have to even pull the filter housing if you can get access to the thermostat connector in the bottom of the filter.
the fuel heater isn't all that important, unless it is -10 winter in NODAK and snowing. Most of the filter delete people live with the slight possibility that their fuel MIGHT someday jell on a really really really cold day. Like I said earlier, white bottle of DK or DK 911 should be all that you need to ungell. Now if you live in florida, then you absolutely don't have a need for a heater.
No it isn't gonna affect your mileage. I was pulling your leg with theoretical rocket science.
however you gotta pull the housing on my '00 per the book unless you can get access to the thermostat screws on the bottom front to pull the thermostat. then it is just 2 screws in the bowl to pull out the heater. By the descriptions, you may not have to even pull the filter housing if you can get access to the thermostat connector in the bottom of the filter.
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Originally Posted by Markadeck
What do those of us that do the delete of the filter housing use for a fuel heater.
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No it isn't gonna affect your mileage. I was pulling your leg with theoretical rocket science.
That makes life a little better. I know with a diesel that the warmer the cylinder the better but did not know the temp. of the fuel was all that important, I know in racing we always wanted our fuel as dense as possible.
That makes life a little better. I know with a diesel that the warmer the cylinder the better but did not know the temp. of the fuel was all that important, I know in racing we always wanted our fuel as dense as possible.
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Thank you, could not get much simpler than that. Too bad I had not seen that thread earlier and then I would not have been wondering what in the hell that little piece of bailing wire (lol) was doing in the bottom of my filter bowl.