Mini filter needed

[Terranical]

Each time I have done mine it has been blocked with thick black treacly stuff, don't know what it is.

[stinka]

I'd pull your sender and have a look in your tank, its an easy job

You can see whats in the tank and its simple enough to dredge it out then.

Mine was like new metal inside with clear diesel, thats what you are looking for, but i'd expect yours to be shitty and dirty on the bottom, maybe some cowboy put old engine oil in there or sommit

[Terranical]

Originally Posted by stinka

I'd pull your sender and have a look in your tank, its an easy job

You can see whats in the tank and its simple enough to dredge it out then.

Mine was like new metal inside with clear diesel, thats what you are looking for, but i'd expect yours to be shitty and dirty on the bottom, maybe some cowboy put old engine oil in there or sommit

Thanks for that Stinka, I will do that. If what is in the bottom of the tank is old oil or something similar, it might explain why it's getting through the main filter.

[cncfabs]

Originally Posted by Terranical

Thanks for that Stinka, I will do that. If what is in the bottom of the tank is old oil or something similar, it might explain why it's getting through the main filter.

Word of caution the sender unit is held on with several very small screws that on older truck may well snap off wouldnt go there myself.You could run the tank low then undo the drain plug on bottom of tank see what comes out.

[stinka]

Mine had those very small ones and they were corroded to hell

I had to hammer on a multi point socket a size smaller as the heads had gone

I had soaked it in wd40 over night, and I managed to reuse the bolts again by tapping said socket on each bolt again

[stinka]

But yeh, if they look fooked go the way of drain plug if u arent feeling brave

[solarman216]

well had a look at last for this filter, at first did not see one, certainly nothing in the front banjo, then looked at the rear and found a ball and spring with three washers behind it so it is calibrated, could see a metering orifice below where the ball sits, but by on holding it to the light could not see through it decided there must be a mesh filter in there but had to insert a screw quite tight into the brass ferrell and it needed a fair effort to get it out as it had been peened over, the only reason I can see for this to be where it is, is to stop the rather small orifice from becoming blocked by wear debris from the pump, the paper filter is much much finer than this mesh, and I will not be refitting it, as to whether it is to one you want I will leave for you to decide, it measures 5.5 mm diameter and 16 mm long of which 3.6 mm is the ferrell, Rick

[Terranical]

Originally Posted by solarman216

well had a look at last for this filter, at first did not see one, certainly nothing in the front banjo, then looked at the rear and found a ball and spring with three washers behind it so it is calibrated, could see a metering orifice below where the ball sits, but by on holding it to the light could not see through it decided there must be a mesh filter in there but had to insert a screw quite tight into the brass ferrell and it needed a fair effort to get it out as it had been peened over, the only reason I can see for this to be where it is, is to stop the rather small orifice from becoming blocked by wear debris from the pump, the paper filter is much much finer than this mesh, and I will not be refitting it, as to whether it is to one you want I will leave for you to decide, it measures 5.5 mm diameter and 16 mm long of which 3.6 mm is the ferrell, Rick

Hi Rick
Thanks for looking, it doesn't sound like the same filter - mine was under the front banjo roughly below the steering pump pipework (didn't know there was another!)
From memory (as mine is lost), it was about 8mm dia and 8-10mm deep, made from s/s mesh with a brass top, meaning you can't use a magnet to lift it out!
Cheers. Bruce

[solarman216]

yes I thought they may be different, on your TD is the banjo at the front the feed to the pump or the return, on my TDi it is the feed the return being the one at the rear horizontally mounted with the injector leak off joining it, I remember on the Perkins 6,354 truck engine it had a similar control orifice on the return, it was there to keep the pump at a reasonably stable pressure if it got blocked (as your filter) then it screwed the hydraulic governor up, Rick