What are the fuel filters on a Detroit Diesel?
What are the fuel filters on a Detroit Diesel?
The Detroit Diesel series engines come equipped with primary and secondary fuel filters. Both filters cleanse the fuel before it reaches the fuel injectors. The diesel is pumped out of the tank and into the fuel lines, and then flows into the fuel filters.
How to restart a Detroit Diesel after changing fuel?
Turn the engine off for about 10 seconds, then restart it to make sure all of the air is out of the fuel system. Turn the engine back off. Both new fuel filters must be filled completely full of fresh diesel before installing them to the fuel filter housing.
Why is my Detroit Diesel engine not cranking?
If the secondary fuel filter is a bowl fuel filter, use pliers to remove the top plug, then fill the fuel filter up with diesel. If the new fuel filters are not completely filled with fresh diesel, the engine will not crank because air will get into the fuel system and cause vapor lock. Never smoke or use open flames around gas.
Where is primer bulb on Detroit Diesel engine?
The fuel system will require priming after the fuel filters are replaced. Locate the primer bulb on top of the primary fuel filter housing, located on the right-hand side of the engine. Press the primer bulb in and out with your hand and a clean rag until the bulb will no longer push in. This means the fuel filters are full of diesel.
The Detroit Diesel series engines come equipped with primary and secondary fuel filters. Both filters cleanse the fuel before it reaches the fuel injectors. The diesel is pumped out of the tank and into the fuel lines, and then flows into the fuel filters.
What is the No Hassle Detroit 60 filter kit?
Our “no Hassle” kit includes the oil, fuel filter and fuel water separator for Detroit 60 series engines that have a Fuel Water Separator cartridge and a single spin-on secondary fuel filter Donaldson is the OEM supplier to Detroit / DTNA!
Turn the engine off for about 10 seconds, then restart it to make sure all of the air is out of the fuel system. Turn the engine back off. Both new fuel filters must be filled completely full of fresh diesel before installing them to the fuel filter housing.
If the secondary fuel filter is a bowl fuel filter, use pliers to remove the top plug, then fill the fuel filter up with diesel. If the new fuel filters are not completely filled with fresh diesel, the engine will not crank because air will get into the fuel system and cause vapor lock. Never smoke or use open flames around gas.
