On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 01:56:47PM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Finally got my email working properly (I hope) and came across the below
> message from Ben.
>
> To answer your question - "What kind of moron..." - in my case it was
> Mercedes-Benz,
Oh my God... seems that nothing is proof against idiots. They're too
ingenious. :)
> The diesel fuel pipes, both suction and return, attach to the bottom of the
> fuel tank, but the suction one is covered by a screen.
>
> After a period of time (the car is a 30-year-old 240D) the screen plugs up.
> The quick cure is to simply switch rubber hoses on the two pipes in the
> engine compartment and very soon buy a sack of $4.00 primary filters.
> After changing a bunch of primary filters, a five-minute job at the side of
> the road, the tank will be clean.
Well, at least it's not happening at sea - and good thing that it's so
accessible! Frankly, it wouldn't be such a disaster if the tops of boat
fuel tanks were generally more accessible. Still wouldn't be good, mind
you.
> Removing the strainer to clean it involves making a special tool to drive a
> 3/4" drive socket (for the large size hex fitting carrying the strainer)
> using a 3/8" drive because the strainer is right above the drive shaft. Of
> course, one could remove the tank too...
Ugh. I can sorta see the kind of thought process that makes them do it,
but it's really short-term thinking. Bad design.
Ben
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