etpm
Veteran Member
I have a YM2310 tractor and have owned it for about a year and a half. I have replaced the fuel filter once and there was no evidence of water. But after reading about water damage to a newer tractor I want to make sure this doesn't happen to me.
I live about 40 miles north of Seattle, as does the guy I bought the tractor from. The tractor lives outside. Before I bought it the previous owner told me it had sat outside for two years without being started at all. How much should I worry about water in the fuel? Could water be slowly building up in the fuel tank? Should I worry that one day the water level will rise above the fuel pickup? Should I prophylactically add some fuel drier to mix any water in the tank into the fuel so that any water in the tank is removed?
I have read that the newer fuel systems are much more sensitive to water in the fuel and that the injectors are easily damaged by even tiny amounts of water, while older systems don't suffer the same problems with water.
Is there a tank drain that drains from the lowest part of the tank? If so then I guess I could open that drain to see if there is any water present. The only service manual I have is for the YM276 and it shows only one port into the tank and this port enters the tank above the bottom of the tank. The manual does not say anything about a plug that can be removed from the lowest part of the tank for draining. I don't know if the YM2310 is the same but I suppose it probably is, so the tank cannot be drained completely unless it is removed. Maybe I could vacuum any liquid from the bottom of the tank. I could rig up a system that uses a 5 gallon bucket as a reservoir and a carbon vane vacuum pump I have sitting under a bench. That should be safe enough since fumes won't be drawn through a motor like they would with my shop vac. I would rather just use some fuel drier though, it would be much simpler.
Thanks,
Eric
I live about 40 miles north of Seattle, as does the guy I bought the tractor from. The tractor lives outside. Before I bought it the previous owner told me it had sat outside for two years without being started at all. How much should I worry about water in the fuel? Could water be slowly building up in the fuel tank? Should I worry that one day the water level will rise above the fuel pickup? Should I prophylactically add some fuel drier to mix any water in the tank into the fuel so that any water in the tank is removed?
I have read that the newer fuel systems are much more sensitive to water in the fuel and that the injectors are easily damaged by even tiny amounts of water, while older systems don't suffer the same problems with water.
Is there a tank drain that drains from the lowest part of the tank? If so then I guess I could open that drain to see if there is any water present. The only service manual I have is for the YM276 and it shows only one port into the tank and this port enters the tank above the bottom of the tank. The manual does not say anything about a plug that can be removed from the lowest part of the tank for draining. I don't know if the YM2310 is the same but I suppose it probably is, so the tank cannot be drained completely unless it is removed. Maybe I could vacuum any liquid from the bottom of the tank. I could rig up a system that uses a 5 gallon bucket as a reservoir and a carbon vane vacuum pump I have sitting under a bench. That should be safe enough since fumes won't be drawn through a motor like they would with my shop vac. I would rather just use some fuel drier though, it would be much simpler.
Thanks,
Eric