[AT] Diesel problem

[william.neff.powell at comcast.net]

Water is a big problem with diesels. My F250 Diesel started hard in the cold... It was the fuel filter... Most good diesel filters have a petcock at the bottom to drain out the water... If your filter does not have a drain or has not been drained in a while, and it freezes, you will have a problem...

Regards,

Will
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Bruce Moden <brucemoden at yahoo.com>
> Thanks,
> I guess I was thinking- gee, there are no spark plugs or distributor to worry 
> about so water wouldn't be a problem- wrong!
> Bruce 
> 
> --- On Wed, 12/3/08, H. L. Staples <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com> wrote:
> 
> From: H. L. Staples <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Diesel problem
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 9:59 PM
> 
> Don't wash a hot, running diesel engine with cold water. Years ago on my
> MF35 while brush cutting I drove by the well and kicked the pump on and 
> proceeded to wash the trash and dirt off, the engine stopped like I had shut
> it down. The engine turned over plenty fast but would not hit.  Cracked a
> fuel line to an injector no pump output.  The aluminum case had shrunk
> enough, in the cold water to seize the pump shaft and broke it internally. 
> New injector pump fixed everything up. The pump repair man asked if I had
> washed the hot running engine with cold water. Don't do it. 
>  
> H. L. Staples
> McLoud, Oklahoma
> USA
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