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Water Separator - Dumb Question time
I had rust mud a rust flakes in mine. I took it off cleaned it out and it works fine. My next project is to replace the rusting fuel tanks. I have a 1985 6.9.- johnf250
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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6.9 idi randomly dies when given throttle
I have a 1985 and was having the same problem. It’s probably your fuel tanks are rusted inside. Mine are and I plan on replacing them. The rust was so fine it made it past the stock fuel filter on the engine into the injector pump and looked like very fine mud. The water separator caught the...- johnf250
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Missing And Smoking
When I put the re-manufactured pump in I lined up the marks on the pump and engine. I got it started and it idled at close the recommended RPM. I then advanced the pump to the mark where the old pump was before I took it out. The truck started very easily and when I checked the idle RPM at idle...- johnf250
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Missing And Smoking
I have a 1985 6.9 l F250, I have had it since it was new. It only has about 155,000 miles on it and I have never had any problems with it except for head gaskets when it was new. I started adding fuel additive back when they started taking the sulfur out of diesel fuel. The last few years I...- johnf250
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