How To Clean The Primary Fuel Filter; How To Renew The Canister Of The Main Fuel Filter - Perkins 3000 Series User Handbook Manual

How to clean the primary fuel filter

1 Remove the three bolts (A1) and remove the filter
bowl (A2).
2 Clean all of the components with paraffin and dry
them with a compressed air jet.
3 Fit the bowl to the filter head, together with a new
sealing ring. Align the clamp ring (A3) and fasten it
with the three bolts.
Early engines can be fitted with filters that have
elements which can be cleaned. These elements
should be removed, cleaned with fuel oil and dried
with a compressed air jet.
How to renew the canister of the main fuel
filter
The main fuel filter is at the rear of the engine on the
'B' bank side and has two canisters. Both canisters
must be renewed at the same time.
1 Clean the area around the filter and remove the fuel
filter canisters. If necessary, use a strap wrench.
Discard the canisters.
2 Check that the sealing ring (B1) is fitted correctly to
each new canister and clean the contact faces of the
filter head.
3 Lubricate the top of the canister seal (B1) with clean
fuel oil and renew the sealing ring (B2) on the adaptor.
4 Fit the new canisters to their threaded adaptors and
tighten each canister until the sealing ring just comes
into contact with the filter head. Continue to tighten
each canister by a further 1
overtighten.
After the fuel filter canisters have been renewed,
eliminate air from the low pressure fuel system as
given on page 27.
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