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cheers!
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even using other additives though, a water seperator is great insurance because multipurpose diesel fuel additives only have the ability to remove a very small amount of water. they're designed to address the water that enters fuel through condensation in your vehicles tank. so, if you run into a fuel source that's significantly contaminated, no multipurpose fuel additive is going to prevent the water from getting to your fuel injection system - but a FM100 probably will. also, aside from the FM100s water seperation capability, this is an excellent pre-filter. using a high quality pre-filter will result in cleaner fuel making it to your MBs fuel injection system. clean fuel causes less wear, burns more thoroughly and introduces fewer contaminants into your oil so your engine should function optimally longer. cheers!
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Agreed. No additive is capable of removing a large slug of water should that be encountered. I think Stanadyne would be one of the better choices permitting the separator to do the best job possible in a mobile environment (moving/shaking/mixing).
Do any of the other mainstream additives cause water to fall out? Most of the additives I'm familiar with attempt to remove water from the system. Thx.
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Fleetguard Filters
For anyone that may have a Permacool setup, such as they sell thru JC Whitney, I've found a Fleetguard replacement for the filter.
Looking thru their catalog supplement on line, I came across the FS1204, which is listed as a replacement for the Permacool B1000, the filter included in their kits. On a side note, at least for an '87 300D Turbo, oil filter LF3584, secondary fuel filter FF5373, and for anyone interested in setting up a coolant filter (regardless of model), WF 2077 coolant filter and 204163S mounting head.
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Water seperator
Stanadyne kits available through **************.com. I have been utilizing these folks for a few years, they are prompt, and knowledgeable. I use the short filter, keep a spare in he trunk, due to room constraints. These kits contain all neccessary mounting hardware, and instructions.
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cheers!
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It's Working!!
just though i'd report that the FM100 30 micron pre-filter water seperator IS WORKING!!
here are some views of the water it has removed from my fuel since installed ~2 weeks ago. remember that with just a stock setup our IPs, injectors, etc are having to deal with this... cheers! Quote:
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Thanks.
Nicely done, and a good follow up. Does the teflon tape hold up? I tried it on some fittings that I use on my veggie oil filtering station, and it promptly disintegrated. Veg oil is a bit nastier in some respects then diesel, so at full dino you might not have a problem for a long while.
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re: teflon tape - i'm not sure what to tell you because from my experience it should work fine for veg filtering... since i've taken ownership of the MB it's been fueled exclusively with biodiesel (roughly B40), the teflon taped FM100 setup on my VW has also been used exclusively with biodiesel (B33 to B100) - both are leak free. my understanding and experience is that teflon tape is perfect for petro and bio/veg fueling applications. loads of people instruct the use of teflon in veg oil to biodiesel processors, here's just a few that came up googling "biodiesel teflon tape": http://www.homegrownfuels.net/services.htmlhope you find something that works. cheers!
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Is it heated?
will us northern folks be able to use it?
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there are two FM100 heater options (a side loading and a top loading) but IMHO a heater is not necessary - even in the north - unless your existing in-line prefilter is currently freezing up. i.e. - this pre-filter has probably 25-50 times the surface area of the stock in-line prefilter and because its 30-micron fuel should have no problem getting through it.
cheers!
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that will never happen. this exact design from stanadyne is rebadged and comes as OEM equipment on John Deere, Mack, CAT, New Holland and many others on equipment sold in all climates. cheers!
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I just purchased one and will do the install according to your directions. Great write up. Only problem is I did not pay attention to the filter, so the stock 150 microns is being shipped. Still, including shipping, total came to $52 from the company you listed the link for.
Thanks for all the great info!
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I installed one of these and feel much better about my fuel system.
Super easy, and affordable as well. I think i'll check to see which micron rating filter I got though. Thanks a bunch for the write-up! In my installation though I used 2 3/8-1/4" bushings and 2 1/4"- 5/16 90 degree hose fitting, which did away with 2 brass fittings and worked fine as far as I can tell.
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