Mr. Funnel?

mhalla · Jul 19, 2004

( If both water and hydrocarbon fuels are present in a container and the container is vibrated by shaking or by being transported in a vehicle (including an airplane), water may be temporarily emulsified into the fuel.
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So much for using Mr. Funnel to filter out the water when dispensing diesel fuel into your yellow container at the pump. I would bet some emulsification occurs as the fuel goes through the pump and out the nozzle.

Looks like you would need to pump the fuel, let the fuel can sit at home, them transfer the fuel through the funnel into either another container or the tank of your tractor.

Mike

KiotiJohn · Jul 19, 2004

I keep my diesel in 55 gal drums, pump it out into a yellow plastic diesel container than then funnel it into the tractor with Mr. Funnel. I always have just a little left at the bottom of the funnel, but I can shake the funnel back and forth and get most of it to go through. Anything left I just put back into the yellow container until the next time. I can usually see if there is water at the bottom of the funnel, and if it seems like a lot, I dump it, but most of the time it goes back in and the funnel will catch it next time. There is always some water, but I treat the tractor tank with Power Service AFTER filling, because if you put the PS in first, it emulsifies the water molecules and the Mr. Funnel won't filter it out. John

bandit67 · Oct 6, 2004

Question for you guys that bought your Mr. Funnel from Landandair.com. Looks like they only sell the Conductive funnel, which the mfr. recommends for aviation and marine applications. Wouldn't we want to use the Non-Conductive funnel for our tractors? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

sneaky_pete · Oct 6, 2004

Since there is little danger of diesel fuel exploding due to static electricity, you can save money by buying the regular non-conductive Mr. Funnel. Also, you can buy direct from Mr. Funnel (I did). Mr. Funnel

TheKid · Oct 6, 2004

( Mr Funnel does a much better job of straining the water than your fuel system's filter or water seperator. )

I have to disagree. The stock filter/water separator on my truck is 10 microns. 10 microns = 0.00039 inches. Mr Funnel filters down to .005 inches which is 127 microns. I'll take 10 over 127 any day.

bandit67 · Oct 6, 2004

( Since there is little danger of diesel fuel exploding due to static electricity, you can save money by buying the regular non-conductive Mr. Funnel. Also, you can buy direct from Mr. Funnel (I did). Mr. Funnel )

That's why I figured I'd get the non-conductive model, however it is $17.99 (medium) from Mr Funnel, and the conductive model is $16 from Landandair ($21.99 from Mr Funnel) - I was hoping to find the non-conductive for under $16. Guess I should make a couple of phone calls.

bandit67 · Oct 6, 2004

( Mr Funnel does a much better job of straining the water than your fuel system's filter or water seperator.

I have to disagree. The stock filter/water separator on my truck is 10 microns. 10 microns = 0.00039 inches. Mr Funnel filters down to .005 inches which is 127 microns. I'll take 10 over 127 any day. )

My truck's fuel filter separates down to 2 microns, plus I have an additional 10 micron water separator before the factory filter that is even easier to drain than the factory one.
However, my tractor's filter is not anywhere near as easy to drain (requires removal of the fuel sediment bowl), so anything more I can get out before refilling the tank means I get to service the factory tractor filter less frequently.

KiotiJohn · Oct 8, 2004

( Mr Funnel filters down to .005 inches which is 127 microns. )
Yes, and they incorrectly identify it as a 74 micron filter.
74 microns = 0.00291338583 inches
I sent them an e-mail to ask which it is. I'll post when I have a response. Note that I already own one, and it's pretty good in addition to my tractor's filter.
John