Do you have it installed after the pre-filter and before the stock
main filter?
Rich
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Nate Rector
<tccservice111@...> wrote:
>
> 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@...> 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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