I put the Baldwin BF1259 fuel filter on my M11 and hopefully it solves the starting and quitting problem. It did start easily and bobble a bit after 20-30 seconds but cleared up and kept running. I ran the engine for about 10 minutes to make sure all the air is out. I shut if off and let it sit for a few hours and it started up and bobbled a bit but kept going. I have my fingers crossed my problem is solved. I won't need the truck for a while since it's going to get really cold here but wanted to get it fixed now.
Here's the weird part. I had the truck serviced right after I bought it at a dealer shop that was open on weekends. They were quite expensive at $170/hr. but I could get the service done and not have to get another in transit permit for the next weekend. There is another filter on the truck with a primer button on it. Looks like it could be a Racor. I thought it odd the fuel line made a loop and went from one side of this filter right into the other side of the same filter. I took a better look today and now I know why the primer button wasn't doing anything. This filter wasn't even hooked up! This is my first big diesel but you would think an experienced HD mechanic would have noticed the filter wasn't hooked up. It looks like this filter hasn't been hooked up for some time as the fuel lines were zipped tied together for the filter being used. I think the lines are long enough I can hook it up properly but took it off for now. I would think it would be good to have an additional filter but not really sure if it's necessary. Did Cummins come with 2 filters originally or is best to have 2? Should I go back to shop that did the service and ask if their mechanics even looked at the filters before charging me $45 for a filter that isn't even hooked up?
Here's the weird part. I had the truck serviced right after I bought it at a dealer shop that was open on weekends. They were quite expensive at $170/hr. but I could get the service done and not have to get another in transit permit for the next weekend. There is another filter on the truck with a primer button on it. Looks like it could be a Racor. I thought it odd the fuel line made a loop and went from one side of this filter right into the other side of the same filter. I took a better look today and now I know why the primer button wasn't doing anything. This filter wasn't even hooked up! This is my first big diesel but you would think an experienced HD mechanic would have noticed the filter wasn't hooked up. It looks like this filter hasn't been hooked up for some time as the fuel lines were zipped tied together for the filter being used. I think the lines are long enough I can hook it up properly but took it off for now. I would think it would be good to have an additional filter but not really sure if it's necessary. Did Cummins come with 2 filters originally or is best to have 2? Should I go back to shop that did the service and ask if their mechanics even looked at the filters before charging me $45 for a filter that isn't even hooked up?
Thought something seemed strange with fuel filter...
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