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Changing fuel filter?
I recently bought my first deisel and it has 58000 miles on it. I do not know when the last time the fuel filters where changed. I plan on doing it soon and have a few questions abought it. Is there a special bleeding procedur or do you just fill the filters before you put them on? How often do you change them. Where seems to be the best/cheapest place to get them? Any tips for a newbie would be apreciated.
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Is your truck a 12 valve or 24 valve?
I never pre-fill my canister before installing them. Mainly due to the fact that you're getting unfiltered fuel into the injection system. For a 24 valve, after you install the new filter, just loosen the bleeder valve on top of the filter housing. Bump the starter about 3 times. This causes your lift pump to run for about 15 seconds. 3 times should be plenty to fill the canister up. For the 12 valve, after you get the filter re-installed, loosen the bleeder valve and prime the filter with the primer button on the drivers side of the engine. It below the filter canister. I just feel for it. Pump it until fuel comes out of the bleeder valve. I usually pump on it for a minute just to make sure. make sure you tighten the bleeder valve when your done. I usually stop by the Cummins shop for filter. You can order them from Geno's Garage at some pretty good prices. www.genosgarage.com |
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Thanks for the info. Its a 24 valve.
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I found that my local Cummins shop sells the filters for almost the same price as Geno's, so you can save the shipping.
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does that water-in-filter light EVER come on?
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Nope, not yet. Hopefuly it never does. I cant remember right off hand but does it have a seperate water filter? Or does it just haver one that takes takes care of it all?
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nope,one filter does it all.
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