(I really wish they had oriented the oil filter up and down instead of laying it on its side.)
I second that thought. Whomever designed that placement never changed the oil filter on one of these engines! Dave > > Rick Brass > > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David > Knecht via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 9:07 PM > To: CnC CnC discussion list <[email protected]> > Cc: David Knecht <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Fuel filter replacement > > Hi Rick- There are three filters and I was planning on changing all of them > since I have no idea how old they are (>3 years). > The Racor is a 30µm filter. It sounds like this one needs to be bled, so I > am guessing there is a bleed screw on top, so I would fill the bowl, loosen > the screw and then turn on the pump switch until fuel comes out the screw. > The second is a spin on filter on the engine. Do you just swap it or fill it > with diesel first? > The third is the “trash filter” which the manual just calls a fuel filter and > looks like just a mesh basket. Presumably you would just swap new for old. > Not sure I am going to bother with that since I suspect it is going to be > challenging to get to with limited access to that side of the engine. > > Thanks- Dave > >> On Mar 30, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of David Knecht via >> CnC-List >> Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
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