intermittent rough start and idle

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If we were all that censored then why do we have.. Erm... Certain emojis?

See above

 

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Wut?

 

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Testing the waters :***: w t f is still a nogo...
But

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[Old Goat]

:***: w t f emoji
Censored

Some will understand this one...
"I Do" (g.i. oath)
I Did
I WILL

Insert ole glory here...


Hear that whirring sound?
That's all the gi's rolling over in their graves due to snowflake Americans today...

But I cannot say
What
Thee

Fork?

Ya mean like W T F ?

Well I know if I said that as a kid, my Grandma would soap
out my mouth with a bar of Soap.
Glad they didn`t have liquid soap
in a squirt bottle back then.


Goat

 

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Yes
Dad was a ww2 sailor
Thusly w t f being banned seems like some ....( read woke crap, i think its called dei)
The emoji w t f in our smiles has been Censored since we lost the refinery due to advertisers

 

[flyarmyguns]

I think you all nailed it!
Today noticed the smell of fuel when sitting at a stoplight. When I popped the hood to mess with something ells today I noticed that my fuel filter housing and filter are wet. If fuel is getting out, I guess air can be getting in.
So whats the culprit here? loose lines? (is that what "Olives" are?) Does that little schrader valve fail?

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[IDIBRONCO]

Does that little schrader valve fail?

It can. What's more common is that the o ring that seals the fuel heater starts leaking. The fuel heater is the black plastic thing that's on top of your fuel filter head. You can replace it, but a lot of people remove the heater, tap the hole, and install a pipe plug in there. The fuel heater is at the highest point in the fuel system. Since heat rises, my opinion is that it doesn't do much anyway.

 

[Kizer]

The search function (upper right of screen) will become your friend.
Link to search for "Olive" in this forum.
As will the "Tech Articles" link at the top of the screen on the 6.9 / 7.3 page.

 

[franklin2]

I think you all nailed it!
Today noticed the smell of fuel when sitting at a stoplight. When I popped the hood to mess with something ells today I noticed that my fuel filter housing and filter are wet. If fuel is getting out, I guess air can be getting in.
So whats the culprit here? loose lines? (is that what "Olives" are?) Does that little schrader valve fail?

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Check where the wire plugs in at the top. That is the fuel heater and they love to leak. It's a little bit of a job to take it apart and put a new seal in it. Or you can clean it up and slather jb weld over it to block it off. I actually took mine all apart and repaired the seal. Then a couple of years later it started leaking again so I did the jb weld. Been fine ever since.

You may need to get some brake cleaner and clean the area up, and then run it a little bit and see if you can see where it's coming from.

 

[flyarmyguns]

Well color me impressed.
Fuel is seeping from the fuel heater on top of the filter housing, just as described.

So, R & R the heater unit? Tap & plug? Or clean it up and JB Weld it? Any other suggestions?

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Well you could eliminate the factory filter and put another one, without a heater, in a different location. Some people have done that.
I usually prefer the simplest way. I resealed mine a few years back just for preventative measures. If/when it starts leaking, I'll do the tap and plug method. The only reason that I didn't at that time was that I was in a hurry and thought that the needed plug was smaller than it is so I didn't have one to install.

 

[flyarmyguns]

Epoxy seems like a good bet here. Ive never come across a leak I could say that about, but here it actually makes sense. I bought a tap and plug just in case it doesn’t work….

 

[flyarmyguns]

problem solved…
Thank you for making this so painless gentleman!

 

[Nero]

Glad it was an easy fix.
Just as a heads up, silicone or jb weld may not be a permanent fix.

Here's a more permanent fix, but requires pulling the filter head to do the work.

7.3 IDI Fuel Filter Heater Delete Kit

Permanently delete the leak prone fuel heater plug port with the CDD Fuel Filter Heater Delete Kit, this kit comes with the correct tap and plug to eliminate the fuel heater leak from the factory 7.3 IDI filter heads. Also included is a smaller plug for the filter head bypass port TSB, to...

classicdieseldesigns.com

 

[franklin2]

Glad it was an easy fix.
Just as a heads up, silicone or jb weld may not be a permanent fix.

Here's a more permanent fix, but requires pulling the filter head to do the work.

7.3 IDI Fuel Filter Heater Delete Kit

Permanently delete the leak prone fuel heater plug port with the CDD Fuel Filter Heater Delete Kit, this kit comes with the correct tap and plug to eliminate the fuel heater leak from the factory 7.3 IDI filter heads. Also included is a smaller plug for the filter head bypass port TSB, to...

classicdieseldesigns.com

Silicone probably not. But JB weld seems to have been a permanent fix for me. It's been over 5 years now.