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Old 09-13-2010, 02:35 AM
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Hmmm

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Originally Posted by JimSmith View Post
Changing the filters is messy and requires you run this priming routine. The priming is simpler, as others have noted, if you fill the big, screw on filter with Diesel first. I usually put a Diesel additive in the big filter before screwing it back on - like RedLine or one of the others as they are nearly all Diesel fuel anyway.

Good luck,

Jim
Heh, would this be a quick and painless way to do a mini-diesel purge? Just fill the filter with the LubroMoly Diesel Purge stuff? Or would most of it get bypassed and go straight back to the tank?

Kurt
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