Fuel Heater Leaking

['94IDITurbo7.3]

The plug on the top of my filter head has fuel coming out of it. That is the fuel heater?

If so then this thread is what i need to do to fix the leak? http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?46363-Fuel-heater-O-ring-replacement

Can these o-rings be had from the ford dealer? i don't have an IH dealer close to me.

Thanks

 

[Wyreth]

Yes, that is the thread, there's also this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ILnpNCxu8

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

awesome. thanks!

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

i am going to get new o-rings tomorrow. what kind of sealant is recommended to use on the threads of the "nut" that the filter screws onto?

 

[tbrumm]

The part number I have for the fuel heater o-ring is E8TZ-9K342-A. When I ran a search for this part number on a Ford parts site, it came back as "No part number found". Anybody know if this part number has been supeceded by a new number? Are the o-rings still available from Ford, or is there an equivilent o-ring available from a place like Mcmaster-Carr?

 

[redneckaggie]

Just go to the local auto parts store and get hydraulic orings the same size

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

my search on ford said that they are now in a "new" kit.........

yeah you can get them from McMaster carr.

here they are from o'riley auto parts.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/NAT0/014.oap?ck=Search_014_-1_1809&keyword=014

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/NAT0/016.oap?ck=Search_016_-1_1809&keyword=016

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

just got done doing this. what a pita it was. first, my filter head, 1994, only uses one o-ring, NOT two. second, it uses the smaller of the two o-rings but the small one is still WAY TO BIG. turns out i had one identical to the o-ring needed in my 0-ring stash. hopefully it doesn't leak.

 

[Jake_IN]

I just went to napa and matched sizes and that worked for me. I had the two piece one though. Also that persons shop in that video really needs to clean it. What a mess.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

Also that persons shop in that video really needs to clean it. What a mess.

haha. i thought that truck looked familiar lol


drove the truck today. everything seems to be nice and dry.

 

[Jake_IN]

haha. i thought that truck looked familiar lol


drove the truck today. everything seems to be nice and dry.

Good to hear I figured the bumper would be the give away. The shop is a bit cleaner sense that video's been made, not a lot, but its better.

 

[icanfixall]

A messy shop is the sign of a sane person... Never have any space on the work bench with nothing sitting on it...