After having to creep up hills at 35-40 mph and not having any top end, today was the day I finally had the time to do a purge (my first one ever) and fuel filter replacement.

I was actually surprised at how easy the purge was. After following the directions that many have placed in these pages recently, it was a breeze. The only thing that I didn't read and found out the hard way.....put a breather hole in the cap of your bottle/jar if you have a very tight fit around the hoses...I had to do this mid purge while the plastic bottle started caving in on itself. Another thing....don't use equal lengths of hose for feed and return....make the feed hose longer than the return hose so you can put the bottle up higher.

Finally, I was surprised at the amount of junk that came out of my large secondary filter. This filter is only about 4 months old, but it's got huge amounts of small black flecks floating in it. Less than ten minutes after doing the purge, I already had a lot of black flecks in my primary filter.

It sure felt good to jump on the Interstate, punch it and be up to 4500 RPM and nearly 80 mph in just a couple of seconds....

Next step, replace two bad 3/2 valves!

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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