the 4 dollar pre fuel pump filter pariffined up early this winter - and what a B!TCH to change in the cold
I decided to move the filter into the engine compartment by swaping the hoses from the fuel tank to the fuel pump - ie total cost NOTHING
move the short hose by the tank to the fuel pump inlet and the fuel pump inlet hose to the fuel tank and install the fuel filter in the correct orientation
now I can clamp the fuel lines and swap the filter and only need to remove the engine side panel - no more draining a fuel tank, my lying on my back and working in an area too small for my hands
I moved this question form the floppy bucket thread
I swapped it after our first storm this year(Albany NY) - filter paraffined up after cleaning the drive way - finished the rest of the winter without an issue - I think this filters main purpose is to filter gunk headed for the fuel pump located on the engine firewall not so much as a water separator like the main unit on the passenger side of the tractor
this has been working for me but lets here from the experts.
I decided to move the filter into the engine compartment by swaping the hoses from the fuel tank to the fuel pump - ie total cost NOTHING
move the short hose by the tank to the fuel pump inlet and the fuel pump inlet hose to the fuel tank and install the fuel filter in the correct orientation
now I can clamp the fuel lines and swap the filter and only need to remove the engine side panel - no more draining a fuel tank, my lying on my back and working in an area too small for my hands
I moved this question form the floppy bucket thread
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Originally Posted by HydroHarold
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I've got a question on moving that PIA in-line filter from it's original location. Last time I was rolling around under there with the same idea in mind, I began to wonder what any water in the line will do without the filter there.
That filter location is the lowest spot on the fuel line. (Probably why JD's got it there?) Without the extra containment volume of the filter I see water laying right along there in the line and clogging the fuel line much sooner when it does freeze. Far less water amount and far less operating hours between freeze ups/change outs it "looks to me".
Although it's a perfect place for a filter and especially a water draining filter, it's a bad spot for either to be mounted. But it's the only place on the line to put a water collector. Looks like anything bigger or fancier under would be left hung up on obstacle... I had an old fashioned glass bowl/shutoff in mind for there... But I won't.
That filter location is the lowest spot on the fuel line. (Probably why JD's got it there?) Without the extra containment volume of the filter I see water laying right along there in the line and clogging the fuel line much sooner when it does freeze. Far less water amount and far less operating hours between freeze ups/change outs it "looks to me".
Although it's a perfect place for a filter and especially a water draining filter, it's a bad spot for either to be mounted. But it's the only place on the line to put a water collector. Looks like anything bigger or fancier under would be left hung up on obstacle... I had an old fashioned glass bowl/shutoff in mind for there... But I won't.
this has been working for me but lets here from the experts.