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Title: Fuel filter and racor filter
Post by: crieders on May 02, 2018, 05:26:50 AM
After those filters are changed out (I have never done it in the past but I would like to do so this year) is there some bleeding of the system that has to be done before I start the engine. Just curious about the protocol. Is it just like the oil filter; where after the change out, you just run the engine?
Title: Re: Fuel filter and racor filter
Post by: Stu Jackson on May 02, 2018, 06:05:23 AM
Bleeding 101    http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,6377.0.html
Title: Re: Fuel filter and racor filter
Post by: chuck53 on May 02, 2018, 06:39:16 AM
If the usual tick...tick...tick... of the fuel pump suddenly increases in speed, just give it a couple of minutes and it will slow back down to its usual speed.
I learned this the hard way.  I thought I had a bad fuel pump.  Bought a new one and threw the old one away only to find the new one still had the faster ticking.  After a couple of minutes, no problem.
Title: Re: Fuel filter and racor filter
Post by: Ron Hill on May 02, 2018, 02:35:11 PM
Cliff : As I have always suggested, change one filter at a time and run the engine in-between.
That way if you have problems you know which filter may not be ON correctly!

A thought