Oil & Fuel changing fuel filter element on 1610d

[bob c]

Does the new element go in the sediment bowl hole side down? it makes no sense the fuel filter housing has a embossing with a hole, right lining up with the element that has a slight embossing no hole. Just got tractor somebody put a oversized bowl on it also had no spring in the bowl. got the right size bowl now and smaller element now I want to make sure I am installing it right the illustrations are not the greatest.

 

[kenmac]

is this the fuel filter you have ???FUEL FILTER 3 PACK (SALE!): Yanmar Tractor Parts It will go in so the fuel drains through the hole & out through the pleats

 

[bob c]

KENMAC that is the filter pack but does the element go hole side up or down?

 

[kenmac]

the fuel drains through the hole in the center of the filter from the fuel tank (usually hole up) & out through the pleats to the injector pump. I'am assuming your fuel is gravity flow to the injector pump

 

[California]

Kenmac, on mine the fuel starts at the outside of the element then passes through. Set up this way, you can see the junk, including water, by looking at the bowl.

I thought the whole world did it like mine.
(The last time I said that here I was enlightened by several of you! )

I was looking for an old post to illustrate this, and found one that happens to respond to several recent topics here. My third photo shows the correct Yanmar filter element and bowl compared next to one of those short clear plastic bowls someone mentioned recently.

The rest of the post talks about VN refurbs, and how my US Yanmar had similar nuisance problems when I got it.

BobC, I think if you have a filter and bowl like my third photo then the hole in the element slides up onto a matching tube in the filter housing.

See:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/yanmar/85805-ordered-yanmar-today-4.html#post985572

 

[kenmac]

Cal, I just looked at mine & the hole in the filter is toward the top. I took the filter off & there is a round piece on the filter housing that the hole in the filter slides on. If mine were with the flat side of the filter up it would stop the flow of fuel to the filter bowl. Turn the fuel back on the fuel flows through the hole & out the fliter pleats to fill the bowl. There may be different set ups to where the hole goes down but, mine doesn't

 

[1danny]

Cal, I when I replaced mine , the hole was toward the top (up). So, I replaced it in the same position & it has worked fine so far. I wonder if mine was installed wrong from the start

Yours is right.

Danny

 

[California]

the fuel drains through the hole in the center of the filter from the fuel tank (usually hole up) & out through the pleats to the injector pump.

I think installing it with the hole up, and slid over the little ... uh... protuberance, is the only way it will fit.

What I meant was that dirty fuel from the tank enters the outer chamber surrounding the element and clean fuel departs the filter via that upper hole. This way you can see the junk clinging to the outside of the element, or settled to the bottom of the semi-transparent bowl.

If it were set up with the inlet on the center hole, you couldn't see what it had caught. I don't think any of them were originally set up by Yanmar like that. Maybe a refurb was configured that way?

 

[kenmac]

Ok , I misunderstood your post. I thought you were saying the hole on yours goes down toward the bottom of the filter bowl & got to thinking there may be different filter housings/ bowls for different models.

 

[California]

Well BobC we finally answered your question.

A respected dealer, a domestic Yanmar owner, and a gray Yanmar owner all put a lot of thought into this and we all agree on the right answer. The hole goes up!