Leaking Fuel Filter Housing

[Thetylerguy]

I am having trouble with a leaking fuel filter housing. I bought a new filter and rubber washer because the old one was leaking a little and since the replace I am having the same issues. My question is does anyone have a hack for this to make the seal better? I really don't want to order a new glass housing.

 

[scdeerslayer]

Is this where you have basically 3 pieces that go together, the housing, the filter and the glass bowl, and the filter has to seal on both ends? If so I use one tractor that had that setup. It has two filters, one had a glass bowl and the other is metal, but the filter itself it the same in both. I never could get the seal in the glass correctly and wound up replacing the glass bowl with the metal one made for the other filter.

 

[prs]

The leak is probably NOT at the seal where the glass bowl mates to the filter/valve unit. It is probably were the inlet or outlet coupling enters/exits the unit. I have repaired several like that and the owners had tried new fuel line and new "O" ring and all that. One guy said his had dripped for years!

prs