Fuel filter install question
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Fuel filter install question
I have a van with a 460 engine. I'd like to install a Ford fuel filter/ water separator from a 7.3 diesel. On the diesel, this filter
mounted near the injectors, I believe. I would like to mount it on the frame. It has a circuit for a water-detection light which I would likely not bother with; I would simply drain the filter if I think I have water in the fuel.
Is this doable? Anybody anticipate any problems? Any need to increase the power of the fuel pump, for instance? Thanks for any advice.
The reason for all this, by the way, is that I will be driving in an area where gas supplies are sometimes of poor quality.
mounted near the injectors, I believe. I would like to mount it on the frame. It has a circuit for a water-detection light which I would likely not bother with; I would simply drain the filter if I think I have water in the fuel.
Is this doable? Anybody anticipate any problems? Any need to increase the power of the fuel pump, for instance? Thanks for any advice.
The reason for all this, by the way, is that I will be driving in an area where gas supplies are sometimes of poor quality.
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From: Ft. Walton Bch 32547
Fuel filter install question
Gas marine engines have a water/fuel separator. They are pretty much a car/truck engine with a few mods. The separator is mounted in between the fuel pump and the carb. I imagine the pressure would be too high on an injected engine to locate it in the same place, but I don't know. I'm not sure where a diesel engine has the separator located. What I am trying to say, is instead of adapting one from a diesel, buy one for a newer fuel injected marine engine, such as a Mercruiser.
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Fuel filter install question
Thanks to both who replied! I appreciate it.
But more questions... Steve, I have a carbureted gas engine, rather than fuel injected. (I shoulda mentioned that.) And to complicate things a bit, the fuel filter from the Ford diesel supposedly is not restricted to use with diesel engines-- but I have not been able to get any good information on this; I don't know what kind of modifications, if any at all, would be needed. (By the way, it goes right next to the injectors on the diesel engine I got it from.)
I'd like to make this filter/separator work if it's a good fit, as a new filter/separator would cost big bucks. And I cannot use something simple and inexpensive like a good Napa gas filter, because though it would be great for filtration, where I am towing (Mexico) there's occasionally water in the fuel.
So-- I am currently clueless. If anyone can give me the goods on whether this filter will work for me, I would appreciate it. Thanks--
But more questions... Steve, I have a carbureted gas engine, rather than fuel injected. (I shoulda mentioned that.) And to complicate things a bit, the fuel filter from the Ford diesel supposedly is not restricted to use with diesel engines-- but I have not been able to get any good information on this; I don't know what kind of modifications, if any at all, would be needed. (By the way, it goes right next to the injectors on the diesel engine I got it from.)
I'd like to make this filter/separator work if it's a good fit, as a new filter/separator would cost big bucks. And I cannot use something simple and inexpensive like a good Napa gas filter, because though it would be great for filtration, where I am towing (Mexico) there's occasionally water in the fuel.
So-- I am currently clueless. If anyone can give me the goods on whether this filter will work for me, I would appreciate it. Thanks--
