Is this red sediment rust?
I changed my fuel filter for the first time on my Van at 20 000 miles. Decided to cut it open. There was some red sediment at the bottom just above the water sensor screw hole. Wiped it clean and scraped it with screw driver but its not coming off. I thought it was rust.
The water light never on the dash, and so I never drained the fuel filter in 20,000miles. I didn't know how to get to the drain screw before. Too congested. I know now because I just took the whole dam filter out. My first fuel filter change. Feels good. Now I'm a bit worried about the cheap aftermarket filter I put in.
The paper on the original filter looked black but I'm not certain it is filtered dirt or the paper was a dark color to start with. If it is dirt, then that original filter did a great job in 20 000 miles to pick up that much black stuff from the fuel.
A lot of the dirt particles on the filter housing in the photos is from the angle grinder spray while cutting the filter or just general dust from the the garage.
There was one pleat in the paper which was, interestingly, completely white. I think it was an Albino cos it is one in a hundred pleats. I think it's the seal where the circle of pleats come together and are glued.
Do you think this is rust.
I changed my fuel filter for the first time on my Van at 20 000 miles. Decided to cut it open. There was some red sediment at the bottom just above the water sensor screw hole. Wiped it clean and scraped it with screw driver but its not coming off. I thought it was rust.
The water light never on the dash, and so I never drained the fuel filter in 20,000miles. I didn't know how to get to the drain screw before. Too congested. I know now because I just took the whole dam filter out. My first fuel filter change. Feels good. Now I'm a bit worried about the cheap aftermarket filter I put in.
The paper on the original filter looked black but I'm not certain it is filtered dirt or the paper was a dark color to start with. If it is dirt, then that original filter did a great job in 20 000 miles to pick up that much black stuff from the fuel.
A lot of the dirt particles on the filter housing in the photos is from the angle grinder spray while cutting the filter or just general dust from the the garage.
There was one pleat in the paper which was, interestingly, completely white. I think it was an Albino cos it is one in a hundred pleats. I think it's the seal where the circle of pleats come together and are glued.
Do you think this is rust.
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