can't seal fuel filter.

[Wyreth]

So, after the fun of new injectors, and valve cover gaskets. I find I have a fuel leak from my fuel heater line (the 6.9 style heater) So I fix that. Put it all back together, and then my lift pump starts puking out the weep hole. So I go get new one, and new filter (wix) cuz why not. Change the pump and the filter... Now she's HEMORRHAGING fuel out of the head. As if there were no oring. So I go and exchange the filter. Same thing. Try the old filter, same thing. I've pulled the filter head and cleaned it, gone over it with a pic to see if there's any scrapes. Nothing. Hell I even pulled out the strap wrench and hulked it. Didn't even seem to slow it down.

So rather than take a hammer to it, which is sorely tempting, I cleaned up for the night and posted this. You know, cuz I could use ideas.

 

[CurtIDI94turbo]

Maybe some of the old gasket-o-ring is still suck to the head?

 

[Kevin 007]

X2 on that one. had it happen.

 

[Wyreth]

Maybe some of the old gasket-o-ring is still suck to the head?

well, as I mentioned, that was one one of the first things I checked.

What I ended up doing, was taking two thousandths off the filter head, then re-hone the o-ring seat.

No more leak.