PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - $60 Diesel Fuel filter 10micron with glass bowl assembly

Diesel911 · #5 03-09-2009, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DeliveryValve

Not to shoot this down, but I heard that this could be messy changing this type of cartridge filter and filling & bleeding it is pain.

There is a site that makes an adapter to make a typical spin on type.

http://www.abcprecision.com/review.html

And in case your wondering here are some other brand replacement filters for it.

http://www.wixfilters.com/filterlookup/PartDetail.asp?Part=33166MP
http://catalog.baldwinfilter.com/PartSpecification.asp?URL=PartEntry.asp&partnumber=BF825

No problem with shooting me down.

I posted the Ebay ad as this filter is similar to the Stanadyne one that some said they use. It cost the same but the shipping is free.

At my last Mechanics job I was a Gen Set Mechanic and I worked on the Gen Sets that power the Refer Units on Refrigerated Containers.
The primary filter they use is the same style with the same routine to take them apart and change the filter and clean them.
The Filter Housings were mounted high enough above the Fuel Tank so that Fuel did not gush out if you had to take one apart.
But oddly enough although I often drained crap out of the bottom of the bowl I seldom changed the Filter Element itself (most likely it was a 20 micron element) due to it being plugged in the 3 years I worked there.

You do not want to mount this filter below the level of the Fuel Tank unless you put in a valve! As you said it could get messy and it takes too long to change compared to a spin-on; while fuel is comming out.