Check/Drain Water/Fuel Separator Often

Check/Drain Water/Fuel Separator Often

11-18-2009, 02:45 AM

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Wiredawg

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Check/Drain Water/Fuel Separator Often

After reading posts about contaminated fuel, I decided to check the trucks:

- My 09 w/ about 4,800 miles had a couple of table spoons of water and no WIF light. Don't know how much it takes to set it off, but don't think I want to find out.

- My 02 w/ FASS had about a half pint of water at about 12K miles. Interesting the water was pure...no smell of diesel or oily residue. The water/fuel separator on the FASS is amazing

- need to check my wife's 03 and the 93 yet

Bottom line, problably not a bad idea to drain the water/fuel separator once a month.

doesn't hurt to be cautious.

Wiredawg

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