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Originally Posted by lindajane
I'm got an 83 300d and have changed my fuel, and the tank seems to be cleaning itself. I'm changing the inline fuel filter constantly, and have noticed they have really gone up in price. The ones I use seem to be sturdy, wondering if there is a way to clean them (provided they aren't that dirty). Seems a shame to toss them if they somehow can be cleaned and re-used. The filters aren't black when I change them but I'm doing it often as my car almost came to a halt a couple weeks back because of a dirty fuel filter. Anyone out these tried to clean the filters? Thanks
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Yes you can clean them out reverse blow with air but why bother. They are 3 or 4 bucks. The important thing are the fliter(s) downstream. I have 3 filters on my MB diesels, my cummins trucks and my tractors. A screen prefilter like on the MB 300D, the bosch filter as the secondary and a Racor 2 mic filter as a tertiary filter. The Bosch spin on secondary filter is if memory serves a 10 or 15 mic filter. Super filtration does wonders for pump and injector life and 2 mic is almost standard even on bigger diesels CAT sells a nice 2 mic spin on.. You hardly ever need to change the fine 2 mic filter. On our big commercial fishing boats we had pressure gauges on all the filters which told you when to change them. We also had horrific filthy diesel in Alaska in those days often decanted from rusty 55 gal drums so all of us in the fleet went this route.