Hi, I'm Wade from Thoroughbred Diesel and today we're going to be changing the fuel
filters on a 3.0 Powerstroke. So this video is the continuation of us trying to give
some love to our 3.O Powerstroke that we have here at the shop. I'm going to show you today
how to change the fuel filters on it. Now the fuel filter kit at the time of
this filming is Motorcraft part number FD4627. That gets you the fuel filter water separator
that goes underneath of the truck, and we'll show you that here in just a minute. And then
this also gets you the top side filter that we will be replacing in the engine compartment.
Now, really nothing you need here, special tools wise, I do suggest having a 32 metric
socket to be able to get the filter element out on the frame rail. But what I did want to show
you was, we ordered the fuel filter elements and they actually sent us this whole kit at
one time. This is a separate part number. This gets you the entire fuel filter housing,
the new water and fuel sensor, or... I'm sorry, the new electrical portion here,
new water drain and everything.
But I wanted to show you, on this fuel filter, it's a little bit different here.
It has a stop on the fuel filter. And if you can see that right there,
that little stop on the fuel filter. Once you tighten it, it can only go so far. Mounted on the
fuel filter canister assembling, a little bit easier to see there. And hopefully you can see
inside of there. I think Adam's going to do some lighting adjustment and you can kinda see there
where that fuel filter stops. It's a little bit different. Just wanted to show it from the
entire element picture, so you know what you're looking at.
But yeah, this kit that we told you, the partner on the FD4627, that gets you both your frame
mounted filter and the engine mounted filter. So let's go ahead and get started with our install.
Alright, we're down on the frame mounted fuel filter.
Now frame mounted fuel filters, they serve two purposes, one... Well, it's kinda three purposes,
but one is to... Usually their water separators as well as fuel filters. And then its second
purpose in life is to absolutely drown you in fuel when you go to change it.
So these are evil little things. So cheers to you guys that are doing this. So
what I like to do on the three O's is the water separator. I just open it all the way up before
I start taking my skid plate off. And then that gives it time to start. If you don't
have any water in there, you're not going to get anything when you first open it. I run it
all the way out until I can see the O-ring on the element. And once I see the O-ring on it,
then it'll usually run a little fuel out. So I'll let that drain while I'm taking the
skid plate off, 13 metric. There's four of these bolts. You'll see them real quick.
(silence). Alrighty.
You're not going to get everything out of this canister. You're just trying
to get it a little bit lower to where you just don't have to absolutely bath in it.
So word on this too, you don't want to work on low side fuel system on 3-0 Powerstrokes
unless the truck's been off for about 30 seconds or better. That way, you know the pressure's
off the system. So you're good to go. So let's go ahead and use our 32 metric.
And remember, don't turn this the wrong way because its got a lock on it. It will get you
and, good to go there. Alright. So we'll go ahead and buzz her off.
Here she goes,
here comes the drowning part. Just kind of get out of its way.
Just like that. I think those of you all that have watched videos with me in them know that I'm also
more prone than your average user to get drowned in fuel. So, that's just part of how it is.
Remove the red cap from the new fuel filter. Make sure that you lubricate the O-ring very carefully.
Make sure your order and fuel is tight. Start the cartridges back in,
give her a couple of turns before you hit her with the ratchet, there we go. And
just go ahead and run this in. We'll turn this around till it catches on its lock stopper
Should be just about any time.
That's it. Alright. Now we go ahead and put our skid plate back in.
These have a little bit of blue Loctite on them. I put some on last time I did this, so
didn't need it again, but if you want to throw a little bit more on there, be my guest.
Alright. (silence).
And then I'll tighten in the skid plate.
Alright. And that's got us done under here. Time to move top side.
Alright, so now we're top side. We're going after this fuel filter that's all the way on the back of
the motor here. And Adam's just kind of on the outside here and we're going to start pushing
everything off. So you want to take your little shield off here and just pull straight up on it.
Alright, and this is what we're after, you need a five metric Allen as well to get this. So to get
to that back fitting, I like to take the blue side off first. So to get this fuel line off, you just
push that connect up. If you can see it, I hope. Adam, you need a little more light, you good?
Okay. Alright. And then once you had the safety catch up, you just go and pinch the side of it.
And then that will release the pressure off of that. I'm going to leave that right there. Cause
all I did was I wanted to get that out of my way for just a second so I can get to my back
fuel fitting. So that's what we're going to do right now. We'll lift up on that. And then as
you can see, there's another fuel fitting there. This one doesn't have a safety catch and you just
pinch either side of it and push it off, like so. So now we want to get the outlet side. So
your yellow one, which is your outlet side, just turn, get your safety latches up on it.
And then, pinch the tamps. Now you'll have to get it moving. So
probably best to go ahead and loosen up your clamp with your five metric Allen,
loosen that up a little bit more. That's just going to let you,
to where you can move that fuel filter back and forth like so. So now I can get my outlet side off
and we want to move this hose back to where Adam can see it. See it, Adam? We'll want to
loosen it up just a little bit more. Once that is freed up,
easiest just to go ahead and move your filter out, like so.
And then what you're going to want to do is get the rubber ring
out as well. So you see, they both come out there from the fuel filter. Alright. Now, your filter
will come with a yellow cap on it and then a clear cap. Your yellow cap is there to remind you which
way it needs to go back into the bracket. So, Let me pull my yellow cap off there,
and then we'll just ease it on in. And you may have to
open the clamp up just a little bit more. And there it goes, I like to
just turn it over there. Before I put my lines on, I'll snug the Allen head and bolt back down.
Alright, now I'm going to put my outlet line on. Make sure before you do that,
that the safety is up, like so.
Push it until it clicks and then put your safety on.
Then pull the clear cover off the back, like so. Get your 90 degree elbow,
push it on. Then put the blue line on, Push it until it clicks
and then put your safety down. And I wish I could tear that tag off so you guys can see
and there's your top side fuel filter installed.
So all I'm going to do now, I'm not going to make you guys suffer through this. We're going
to just tighten this down. We're just going to snug it down with our five metric to where it
can't move. And that's all she needs. And then we'll show you the proper bleeding procedure.
To bleed the truck, after you changed the frame mounted fuel filter and the one up on the
engine. You just come in and leave your foot off the brake and hit the
key on button. You'll let it run about 30 seconds. You'll want to make sure that you
peek out underneath the hood, see if you got any leaks. When this is in full accessory mode, it'll
run about 30 seconds. You'll hear gargling in the back. You can kind of pick that up right there.
That's a system process in air, let it run about 30 seconds and shut it off, and
then do it again. And when you fire it up this time, you'll let it run another 30 seconds.
And then what we'll do here is we'll do this actually two more times. We'll be
looking to run your lift pump for three 30 second cycles. The system will process its own air.
And, on the third time it should start
and I'm going to let it run for just a second and double check some stuff here.
And then we will start it.
It should start here.
If the truck doesn't start, what you'll want to do, is you're going
to want to shut the truck off, obviously. Stop cranking it. Go out to the top side fuel filter,
the blue connection that we showed you, fuel hose. Just unhook it, let it burp air, hook it back on,
get back in the truck and do the three 30 second cycles again. And you'll be good to go. You won't
have any problems. So 3-0 Powerstroke. If you got any questions, just give us a call
and we're going to connect you in this video to a page where you can purchase the fuel filters,
the Motorcraft fuel filters for this truck. So got any questions, just give us a call. Thank you.