Yes, it is a n 1 1/4" wrench you will need to tighten up the banjo bolt. Mine was leaking a bit a couple weeks ago and all it needed was to be snugged up a bit. Hope this helps, nobody likes leaking fuel at the prices we are payiong for it right now.

 

Fantastic Write-up, will be using these pics to track a leak on my 96 this weekend!!! Reps Sent...

 

First, great write-up, thanks!

Second, I did over-tighten the pressure sensor, and wound up replacing the entire fuel bowl assembly. The only problem is, the truck won't start now! I checked all my hoses and electrical connections and manually primed the bowl with fuel. The first time I turned the key, it started to turn over, but slowed down. Now it won't even turn over, just clicks. What did I miss? Thanks!

Gus

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1997 F250 Super Duty PSD

 

Low batteries...

 

Nope, not the batteries. That was my first thought too, but they're less than a year old and a quick check with the voltmeter reads 11.89 and 12.03. Thanks.

Gus

 

Great write up and i appreciate the pictures i just noticed a fuel leak on my 1997 7.3 dually. I looked it over but never really found it so im going to replace all this you did plus the fuel bowl O rings as well. This really helped me understand what i have to remove to get to it Thanks Lossscause (:

 

especially check the hard line fittings at theback of the heads.They are at the other end of the part bolted to the back of the fuel pump with the banjo bolt.
They have a square cut seal inside that deteroiates over time.

 

just a thought from the past.......check all of your fuses just for grins and giggles.

Rog

 

Well i tackled the fuel bowl and did a O ring and blue hose change out today took me 4 hours but i had a little trouble with the blue hose under the fuel bowl my big hands couldnt fit under there to hold the clamp. I need to know what this is i found when i hit the drain lever nothing came out and when i pulled the bowl fuel was running from the hoses so i flipped the hoses up to keep the fuel in OK i take the filter out and pour out the fuel then it looks like brown slick muddy substance coming out it was brown in color and it had silver sparkles in it i have never seen anything like it Could it be algae? I would post picks but i dont know how or if it will let me on here I shot lots of picks while doing it and my fuel bowl looks nothing like the ones everyone else has on here mine has hydraulic like fittings on the hoses you know the kind the nut spins behind the flare and threads up against a tapered elbow fitting i hope i explained this right i have picks i can e mail someone if you need to see what im talking about just PM me i will send them. One other thing i read that it wouldnt run right if the screen was stopped up mine was 1/4 inch thick in this mess and still ran great i dont know im stumped on this one Thanks if you can help me understand whats going on in the fuel bowl.

 

If you can e-mail me the pics before 11am or so today (Friday), I will post them for you. I will pm my addy to you.

 

BTW, here is how I post pics............:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-pictures.html

 

Posting these pics for Pipeline Operator:

Let's see if this will work to take you to the album.
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=26dae...JT7SZp0j1UD_2g

And a very amusing video.
This can't be your video, but it made me laugh out loud anyway so I will post it up. These guys are funny. Kind of reminds me of George Clooney's character from "Oh Brother Where Art Thou".

The fittings you have on there are normal. That is the high pressure side of the regulator. That looks just like the fuel bowl off my '96. I don't see anything there that looks out of the ordinary.

 

No it wasnt my video but mine was like that in the video i had no idea that fuel would do that i have worked on semi diesels but not on any in smaller trucks.I guess the semi filters the primary and secondary catch all this gunk that is in my system i may install one on the frame rail a inline cartrage filter so it can trap some of this. I know it would be alot easier to change than pull this bowl out and clean it Thanks For posting this for me.

 

Hey, great post.
Not a reply here as much as a plea for advice;seems to be alot of knowledge in this thread....
I did basically the same thing today;main exception is my 97 F250 has a veggie oil sytsem on it, so I have more hoses, as well as the solenoids that switch between diesel and veggie oil.
Anyways, got it all back together, it started right up, ran maybe 5 minutes and died. We thought air in lines, so went through a can and a half of ether. Still won't run. I stopped, as I thought that should have been enough to pull fuel through.
Am I wrong? Could there still be air in lines?

 

I doubt it is air in the lines (and be really careful with that ether, that stuff isn't especially good for these engines). The tell all would be to open the fuel filter housing and see if there is fuel in it or not. If not, fill it about half way up then put the filter back in and give it a try. If it starts and then dies again, open the housing again and see if there is fuel in it.