PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-438
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 438
MAY 1989
inter, summer, rain or shine, the
last thing you do befre you say good
night to Your truck is drain the Fel
±ilters.
A ±Unny thing happens i² that's not
the routine³ One moRing you go oUt
and crank your trUck´s engine³ The en-
gine starts, runs, coughs, chokes down
and then dies³ µou crank and crank,
but the engine won´t start again¶
The problem is water in the ·Uel¶
Water sneakS into a vehicle's Fel sys-
tem through condensation or it gets
pumped in when you re±Uel¸ Any water
is bad news ²¹r diesel and mUlti·Uel
engines¶
Water ²¹uls up the ²Uel injector³ In
winter it ºeezes and ice clogs tHe »el
lines and ²iLters³
2
MAY 89
From
fuel
tank
...
PRIMArY FUEL FILTER
. .
. to secoNdaRy
And finaL fueL
filTers where di±
and water is
cAught² So you
have to draIn
those filtErs, too
"a WHy
FUEL
file± ²³´
SO ImPORNi.
Cr' ano W±²³
´µe H¶·VI¸
µu¶
fu¹l
SO 1·¸
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¹N
ºh»
B¼½¾
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Draining ¼i½ters daily gets rid o² that bad stU¾³ ¿o mÀke sUre yoU get it all,
drain into a glass or cleÀr plastic container¶ Water contaminated ·Uel looks
cloUdy and dirt looks like dirt¶ Keep draining Until you see only clean »el¸
¿hen dump the bad ·Uel in an approved container³
Change the ¼ilter elements on schedule and by the bookÁthe ÂO or ¿M³ Ãse
all the right parts, elements and gaskets calleÄ out and clean the ¼ilter housing
and reusable pÀrts befre you pUt the ¼ilter back together¶
In winter always keeP yoUr trUck's Fel tank topPed o¾ to the ²Åll line³ The
more Æel in the tank, the less room condensation has to frm and that means
less wÇter in the ±Uel system¶
I² yoUr trUck doesn't have a Èll line, get your mechanic to paint one on¸
InstrUctions are on Éages
40Â1
o² ¿B
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ÇAY 89
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