pmsmechanic
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- Dec 6, 2013
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- Southern Alberta, Canada
- Tractor
- 4410 and F-935 John Deere, MF 245
I'm a poor guy to ask about fuel filter changes. I don't have problems with fuel and I rarely change fuel filters.
I'm wondering if it's not a bit of an algae problem as the machines sit idle all summer. In that case your mechanic is right about changing the fuel filters every oil change. There are also commercially available algicides that stop the growth of algae.
Cut open a used filter once. If it's full of a black dirty type runny jelly like substance.... At least that's the color of the algae that I had to deal with on a customer tractor.
I'm wondering if it's not a bit of an algae problem as the machines sit idle all summer. In that case your mechanic is right about changing the fuel filters every oil change. There are also commercially available algicides that stop the growth of algae.
Cut open a used filter once. If it's full of a black dirty type runny jelly like substance.... At least that's the color of the algae that I had to deal with on a customer tractor.