Hey Kaleb,
Tell me about by-passing the FT, please. It looks like all I
need do it run the hose out of the pre-filter and into the IP. Is that
it? I live in central VA and could probably get by without the FT, but
intend to repair it when I get the Viton o-rings. But I'd like to stop
the fuel leaking until then. I don't like finding a puddle on the
garage floor or losing expensive diesel fuel. Other than the fuel "in"
line and the fuel "out" lines there looks like 2 additional hoses going
back past the oil filter and turning to hard metal tubing at that
point. Are those by-pass hoses to send excess fuel back to the tank?
Is that about it? Just run the hose from the pre-filter to the
IP? I'll probably use a new filter & fuel hose as what's there is over
20 years old - not the filter but the hose looks original.
Thanks,
LarryT
91 300D
602-962 engine.
On 6/21/2014 10:04 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I have had them leak before. Unless you live where it is cold your best bet is
to bypass it completely. Even if you do live in the cold north it is still not
really necessary.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 21, 2014, at 6:48 AM, Larry Turner <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote:
Hi Gang,
I have a very small leak that seems to be coming from the end of the fuel
thermostat. If (like me) you never heard of this before, I'll try to explain
where it is. The fuel line comes out of the chassis and into the small,
plastic, in-line fuel pre-filter. A hose comes out of the pre-filter and
enters the Fuel Thermostat (located just above the right motor mount) then a
hose leaves the FT and goes to the primary spin-on fuel filter. The leak seems
to be coming from the area where this hose leaves the FT. The FT has a hose
nozzle on its front end and this nozzle seems to rotate slightly and be the
source of the leak. This hose nozzle has the hose from the output flow of the
pre-filter attached.
I found the FT on the MB EPC parts list after a lot of searching but so far have only
found one at the more common parts places. Jabba has one for $132 but i wonder if there
is any "repairing" to this device? Don't want to spend $132 unless I must.
(my series of problems around the house and car continue. fortunately, I
have repaired the 300D AC and it's cooling system - now the Fuel Thermostat is
dripping very slowly. The HVAC for our 1st floor is waiting for a new fan,
contacter and capacitor. the fun never ends)
Thx
Larry
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