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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Bill Sprague on March 14, 2011, 10:03:16 PM

Title: Fuel Shut Off Valve?
Post by: Bill Sprague on March 14, 2011, 10:03:16 PM

With Marty's help, I just changed fuel filters.  Actually I helped Marty!

It would have been a lot less messy if there had been a fuel shut off.  Anybody have one, seen one or installed one?

If I ever have to change one in a rest stop it will leave a mess behind.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Fuel Shut Off Valve?
Post by: Edward Buker on March 14, 2011, 11:05:23 PM

Bill,

Boats use them all the time to shut off diesel fuel before the water seperators. West Marine has them in a bronze ball valve configuration.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=108722&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=10106&subdeptNum=10443&classNum=10446

I just changed my filters and had a problem with siphoning fuel continuing to run. I put the pre filter back on, bled it, and moved the motorhome to a slanted area of the driveway. With the tank full I found that 18 inches of slope from the front wheels to the back stopped the siphoning and I was able to work at my own pace.....which is slow these days.

Later Ed