Just finished my first fuel filter change. This is my first diesel.
Spent time sifting through the forums and looked at every YouTube video.
Got it done and have a few outstanding questions.
1) is there any specific order to complete this in? Seems like some do stage 2 first others do 1. I figured stage 1 is the least pure and change that first. I drained. Changed. Primed, check for leaks and start on stage 2.
2) I like some others had a lot of fuel drain from the purge valve. If any water was in there it didn't last but a few seconds. I got probably 1/4 a gallon before I finally said screw it and opened the filter housing. Got a little messy but proceeded. The instructions state wait until the purge valve stops draining. Some say trickle. I had a steady weak stream before I got inpatient. Was there any problems with me just proceeding? And what was left when I cracked open the canister when it poured out was that what would have been left in the system to come out of the valve?
I saw some back and forth on if having less than 1/4 tank is a benefit (someone said full has more pressure on the valve) and what incline to be parked on. Does this actually help?
3) I received my stage 1 filter with broken tabs from shipping damage. One of the 3 top tabs was broke. And a piece of the bottom lip. I proceeded with the install as the truck really needed it and I didn't know when the truck was last done (just bought it and it needs a little catch up maintenance). Now that I'm overthinking myself was this ok. I'm concerned about contaminants now from the broken tabs. I think the Amazon seller is going to send me a new one anyway. Can I just run this filter the way it is for 10k or should I really replace it again because of the tabs?
4) had a little difficulty with stage 2 filter. Unscrewed the cap and it sprayed fuel a little (was I missing a step?) And the housing remained full. Ioved straight from priming the system after changing stage 1 and running my truck to confirm no leaks to changing stage 2 filter. It wasn't until I re read the directions that said the housing will drain when being unscrewed so I just rescrewed the cap and even slower (grammar?) Unscrewed it and it seemed to drain properly.
5) last question. Really Stoopid one. I assume the fuel pump primes every time the truck is in on/ and before it starts? Never really paid attention until now. I had my truck in the on position a few minutes ago working on programming my scangauge ii and noticed the fuel pump doing it's thing for the first 90 seconds and heard some gurlging like it still had work to be done. When I primed after both filters I primed maybe overkill 4 times even though the after stage 1 the pressure warning went away after two primes. And actually I never got a low pressure warning after changing the stage 2 filter.
Ok fingers hurt. Just wanted to clarify these things. Thanks for the help in advance. This was pretty easy to do overall.
Spent time sifting through the forums and looked at every YouTube video.
Got it done and have a few outstanding questions.
1) is there any specific order to complete this in? Seems like some do stage 2 first others do 1. I figured stage 1 is the least pure and change that first. I drained. Changed. Primed, check for leaks and start on stage 2.
2) I like some others had a lot of fuel drain from the purge valve. If any water was in there it didn't last but a few seconds. I got probably 1/4 a gallon before I finally said screw it and opened the filter housing. Got a little messy but proceeded. The instructions state wait until the purge valve stops draining. Some say trickle. I had a steady weak stream before I got inpatient. Was there any problems with me just proceeding? And what was left when I cracked open the canister when it poured out was that what would have been left in the system to come out of the valve?
I saw some back and forth on if having less than 1/4 tank is a benefit (someone said full has more pressure on the valve) and what incline to be parked on. Does this actually help?
3) I received my stage 1 filter with broken tabs from shipping damage. One of the 3 top tabs was broke. And a piece of the bottom lip. I proceeded with the install as the truck really needed it and I didn't know when the truck was last done (just bought it and it needs a little catch up maintenance). Now that I'm overthinking myself was this ok. I'm concerned about contaminants now from the broken tabs. I think the Amazon seller is going to send me a new one anyway. Can I just run this filter the way it is for 10k or should I really replace it again because of the tabs?
4) had a little difficulty with stage 2 filter. Unscrewed the cap and it sprayed fuel a little (was I missing a step?) And the housing remained full. Ioved straight from priming the system after changing stage 1 and running my truck to confirm no leaks to changing stage 2 filter. It wasn't until I re read the directions that said the housing will drain when being unscrewed so I just rescrewed the cap and even slower (grammar?) Unscrewed it and it seemed to drain properly.
5) last question. Really Stoopid one. I assume the fuel pump primes every time the truck is in on/ and before it starts? Never really paid attention until now. I had my truck in the on position a few minutes ago working on programming my scangauge ii and noticed the fuel pump doing it's thing for the first 90 seconds and heard some gurlging like it still had work to be done. When I primed after both filters I primed maybe overkill 4 times even though the after stage 1 the pressure warning went away after two primes. And actually I never got a low pressure warning after changing the stage 2 filter.
Ok fingers hurt. Just wanted to clarify these things. Thanks for the help in advance. This was pretty easy to do overall.