Unless there is a water separator in the fuel filter
system, water will pass through the filter and on into
the fuel delivery components. This is a big problem
as the little itty bitty parts don't like corrosion,
one bit. You might want to add a water separator
filter to the beast, if it doesn't already have one.
Racor, for one, makes nice water separator filters.
Your problem sounds like restricted fuel flow,
however. Dirty fuel or a rusty tank can clog up a
filter right now. I'd change the filter and see if
that solves the problem. Also checking that there is
nothing obstructing the fuel flow might be a good
idea. The fuel pick-ups in the tank are notorious for
becoming clogged. Also, put in a Biocide. Little
critters grow in diesel and, over time, can build up
quite a bunch of gunk in the tank. My Mercedes has
about a quarter tank of crap in it because the PO
didn't use a Biocide. Unfortunately, will have to R&R
the tank to clean it out.
Aloha
Peter O.
--- Steve Lister <steve_lister@voyager.net> wrote:
>
> After changing the fuel filter in my Series III 109
> Diesel I experienced
> good results for awhile but then the thing began to
> exhibit the same
> problems I was having before the change which seemed
> to be fuel
> starvation. The old filter had some nasty looking
> stuff come out of it
> so I had assumed my problem was simply the fuel
> filter and since it ran
> so well after changing it I thought I had fixed the
> problem. I am now
> suspecting that I got a bad tank of diesel fuel on
> my last fill up. Is
> there any additive that "dries" out diesel? The
> symptoms are that the
> thing runs fine at idle but as revs increase the
> engine wants to die.
> It also seems to be worse when the vehicle is
> heading up a hill. The
> second question would be is there any fuel filter
> available at American
> parts stores that fit the Rover since I would think
> that I should change
> the filter again if it gets water in it.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
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