al coholic wrote:I can't see the point of that Guru? Now your factory filter is doing absolutely nothing as anything that would of been picked up by the factory filter is now clogging up your secondary finer filter??
Wouldn't it make more sense to have the factory filter (what are they... About 7 micron??) then have your secondary filter at 2-3 micron catching anything the factory filter missed
sydneymark wrote:I have mine set up in the same way, before the factory filter.
i think the reasoning was a combination of the following
warranty issues, if the filter is before the factory one then your warranty should still be ok, in fact I have been getting the local dealer to replace my donaldson filter when the 15k service gets done, no questions asked.
yes, it makes the factory filter redundant, however that also has a water sensor there, so if there was a lot of water in the fuel and some of it got through to the sensor you might have a better chance of fixing it before damage happens
there is a shedload of posts about this somewhere here, am sure a mod can point you in the right direction
jayjayselmes wrote:sydneymark wrote:I have mine set up in the same way, before the factory filter.
i think the reasoning was a combination of the following
warranty issues, if the filter is before the factory one then your warranty should still be ok, in fact I have been getting the local dealer to replace my donaldson filter when the 15k service gets done, no questions asked.
yes, it makes the factory filter redundant, however that also has a water sensor there, so if there was a lot of water in the fuel and some of it got through to the sensor you might have a better chance of fixing it before damage happens
there is a shedload of posts about this somewhere here, am sure a mod can point you in the right direction
From how I installed mine is after the factory filter? Thats how I am seeing it?
sydneymark wrote:
yes, it makes the factory filter redundant, however that also has a water sensor there, so if there was a lot of water in the fuel and some of it got through to the sensor you might have a better chance of fixing it before damage happens
Cowboy Dave wrote:ML2008 has it nailed. To the OP I think you'll find Alco was disagreeing with Tritonguru and agreeing with you. But you've read it as him disagreeing with you.
Anyway the way you have it (ie after the OEM filter) is the way I run mine. Mine is 2 micron though.
The only comment I'd make on your setup is that if it was me I wouldn't want those hose joins but as long as you're confident they'll hold and not leak I wouldn't get too worried about that.
jayjayselmes wrote:Hi mate, I think you are missing how its running. Look at the fuel hoses.
fuel is coming into the OEM filter then out the OEM filter to the Donaldson, then back over to the inlet into the engine. The filter is AFTER the OEM filter as a secondary filter.
I have it as exactly as you describe it. but the Donaldson is AFTER the OEM,
Cheers
sydneymark wrote:mmm, i smell popcorn
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