01-26-2015, 05:29 PM
Bill,
I don't see any reason for flaming. The fuel filter is unlike the engine oil filter in my opinion. If the fuel is clean, then theoretically you would never have to change it. Diesel isn't supposed to have any inherent contaminants to remove. So, changing on a periodic basis is mostly insurance against having to change it on the road. However, you can get a batch of contaminated diesel or the tank can grow an algae crop that could cause you to go through a number of filters rapidly until you clean it up.
Your practice is working. You might want to put a filter or two on board with a couple of quarts of ATF just in case you do get a plugged filter.
I don't see any reason for flaming. The fuel filter is unlike the engine oil filter in my opinion. If the fuel is clean, then theoretically you would never have to change it. Diesel isn't supposed to have any inherent contaminants to remove. So, changing on a periodic basis is mostly insurance against having to change it on the road. However, you can get a batch of contaminated diesel or the tank can grow an algae crop that could cause you to go through a number of filters rapidly until you clean it up.
Your practice is working. You might want to put a filter or two on board with a couple of quarts of ATF just in case you do get a plugged filter.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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