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Old 07-04-2012, 06:18 PM   #10
Edelweiss
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Originally Posted by Capn Craig View Post
Done Deal. refilled the filters after the petcock change and fired it up. No problem. Was interesting to watch the filters after the change. boat has off road diesel in it, and my refill diesel was on road. as the engines idled, you could see how the flow worked within the filter bowls as they changed from yellow/clear to red. Much slower flow than I would have guessed.
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Yeah, that primary filter is a piece of cake and I have done it several times while underway. (Another advantage of two engines.)

Do your fuel tanks sit higher than the filter and free flow fuel or do you have to pump it to the primary filter? Mine free flow when you open the filter up, consequently I added a small brass ball valve to the inlet side of the primary filter to shut the fuel flow off. Otherwise it was always a mess to change without shutting the fuel valves at the tanks.

Now the secondary filter is another story!!

Larry B
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