Thread: Cleaned Sedimenter - should I be concerned?

Originally Posted by chang

How long & K's was it left unchanged? CAV are that cheap to buy especially in bulk that it would be very easy just to buy a bunch an stuff four or five in the spares kit when heading off just incase they cant be found. The filter head fuel lines can be changed to run the fuel directly into the bowl first then exit through the filter to the engine bay spin-on, leaving the majority of larger particles & crap in the base first. That would increase filter life quite a bit. I have done 2k since install & run the diesel through the filter first as it is better that way to trap water but downside is every bit of crap goes to the filter first so filter life would be less than running fuel to the bowel first. If all goes well with the flow direction I have setup now at the planned change point of 5000km since install, I will leave it. If it blocks I will swap the line flow to drop into the bowel first.

The Racor filter was replaced just before the trip. It first blocked with rust particles from inside fuel tank, shaken loose by corrugated roads. It blocked a 2nd time with rust particles and waste oil remnants from a jerry can. The jerry was previously used to store waste oil. I emptied the oil and filled jerry with diesel so minimal oil.

I will be placing filter/bowl after sedimenter. I currently have an in line filter post sedimenter to stop particles entering the lift pump.

I had trouble with air entering the CAV type filter/sedimenter. I used grease on the seals and it did seal. However I broke a couple of glass bowls by over tightening in an attempt stop air getting in. I just became a bit jack of it so went to racor spinon type filters. However they are a lot more expensive & more difficult to find than CAV type filters. I might go back to in line filters after I run out of racor and Baldwin spin on filters.

Apologies if this thread has been hijacked.

I may have once had the specs for the Donaldson, but have used either interchangeably over the years.

Last couple I used on the old tractor were Donaldson.