Jay4200
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2005
- Messages
- 2,054
- Location
- Hudson/Weare, NH
- Tractor
- L4200GST w/ LA680 & BX2200D w/ LA211
I FINALLY changed my fuel filter yesterday - I bought the filter/o-rings when I got the tractor in 2005, but never got around to changing it - call it a 500 hour procrastination...not bad.
It went smooth, although I couldn't get the little o-ring off - need a pick or something - so I didn't change it. Thanks all for the advice on the locking ring.
HOWEVER - nobody warned me about the 1/2 gallon or better of diesel that came shooting out of the tractor after I pulled the filter! Where did all that come from?? It poured out like a 15 y/o-prostate pee for at least a minute before it even started to slow down. Thank gawd I just happened to drop a decent-sized drain pan under the filter before popping the cover.
After dumping all that fuel out (and assuming that it all came from somewhere between the filter and the injectors), I figured there was no way my tractor would start back up. It cranked instantly - no clue where it got the fuel - and didn't cough or sputter once during the 30-seconds with the air valve open. I don't think it even needed the air bleed.
If I had known THAT much fuel was going to dump out, I would've had a fuel can standing by, and I would've dumped it right back into the tractor. At is was, I caught a couple of cups in a can, but used to to flush the crud out of the fuel bowl.
JayC
It went smooth, although I couldn't get the little o-ring off - need a pick or something - so I didn't change it. Thanks all for the advice on the locking ring.
HOWEVER - nobody warned me about the 1/2 gallon or better of diesel that came shooting out of the tractor after I pulled the filter! Where did all that come from?? It poured out like a 15 y/o-prostate pee for at least a minute before it even started to slow down. Thank gawd I just happened to drop a decent-sized drain pan under the filter before popping the cover.
After dumping all that fuel out (and assuming that it all came from somewhere between the filter and the injectors), I figured there was no way my tractor would start back up. It cranked instantly - no clue where it got the fuel - and didn't cough or sputter once during the 30-seconds with the air valve open. I don't think it even needed the air bleed.
If I had known THAT much fuel was going to dump out, I would've had a fuel can standing by, and I would've dumped it right back into the tractor. At is was, I caught a couple of cups in a can, but used to to flush the crud out of the fuel bowl.
JayC
