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Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
- Midnightsun
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Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
I should mention the secondary filter was the original when I purchased the boat with 1000hrs on the engines. They do have electronic water sensing built into them which will alert me if there is any water in them which has never occurred. I have been replacing those every other year since I got the boat, overkill?
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Re: Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
The best longevity would be running a pair in parallel and only switching over when the gauges start indicating restriction. Then you get the absolute longest life out of the filter, whether that's measured in hours, tens of hours, hundreds of hours, or thousands of hours. It also gives you a very quick method of overcoming a clogged filter situation and get back running in seconds rather than hours.
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Re: Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
Of course that will require quality gauges with the appropriate scales for your engines.
Now that said, good gauges and redundant filter system may buy a lot of filters..... ....then again, it may save you a lot on filters over time......
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Re: Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
Hans, when was the last time you checked your compressor oil level?
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Re: Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
- Midnightsun
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Re: Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
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Re: Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
D6-370I-B HS 2006011117.
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Re: Diesel Fuel Filters Replacement Frequency
Viper wrote:Source of the post Certainly keep an eye on gauges if applicable but the OEM recommendation is every 200 hours or at least once a year which ever comes first.
Hans, when was the last time you checked your compressor oil level?
I believe the recommendation on the primary is 30 micron however I have been using 10 micron without issue as they always seem to be clean. I do not have gauges on my Racor setup. Here is the filter I use. https://www.dieselfiltersonline.com/par ... tm-or.html
I always carry spare fuel filters on board in case as I was almost stranded on a previous boat due to contamination.
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