Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Tiny Chunks In Fuel

Dang primary filters out here are $5.I use to order the ones with brass inserts from germany.But saw how some flakes made it pass the filter.Now I only use purolator primary filters.Nothing but micro junk gets passed it,and my FM100 5 micron stops those dead.My stock secondary never gets dirty now.

Rich <rj_olaveson@yahoo.com> wrote:

The first time I changed the pre-filter, I couldn't get the spooge
to budge using diesel, then kerosene, then gasoline...pumping it
through the filter (in the reverse direction) pretty well with a
turkey bastar.

I may have tried some type of spray cleaner after that...I don't
remember if it was carb cleaner or brake cleaner or what. By the
time I was into it for what seemed like an hour, I figured it was
worth just changing the $2 filter. ...probably used more than $2
worth stuff of trying to clean it. ...and more than $300 worth of
my patience :-)

I'd like to know more about the "chain dance" method of cleaning out
the tank. I had the trunk panel out last WE and it doesn't look
like it's too hard to take out the tank. I'd be concerned about
making a spark inside the tank, especially if using gasoline.

Rich

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Nate Rector
<tccservice111@...> wrote:
>
> My fuel has been clear,but after 150-200miles I can tell when
screen gets clogged.So I blow thru it with a air gun (with cap
off).Sometimes I leave a little pressure in it for fun.I've been
using same primary for months clean with carb cleaner or wd40.My 5
micron filter was full of that stuff too.
>
> vwnate1 <vwnate1@...> wrote:
> That's a very good point ~ I've changed all the underhood hoses ,
> maybe it's time to go back and change the tank hoses too .
>
> I do drive about 1,000 miles every week , sometimes over 1,200 .
>
> In addition to the small amount of tiny chunks , I often find the
> fuel is black like coffee...
>
> -Nate
> Tom wrote:
> > > Is it possible that the tiny chunks are bits of old hose that
> are trying to
> > give you a warning of something? The way you describe driving to
> work, to
> > Pasadena and to SWMBO's house, you're not letting any fuel sit
in
> the system
> > long enough to grow fungus.
> >
> > Over here on the west side, the fuel is all clean. Probably
> the nice
> > salt breezes from Santa Monica bay kill off the fungus.
> >
> > Tom
>
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