Diesel filter element

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I'm having difficulty sourcing a diesel filter element and have been told they became obsolete in 2006. It looks tho' that it reusable as it has a stainless steel mesh around it ? Has anyone tried washing/cleaning an element and if so how did you do it and with what degree of success ? --- Thanks
 
Might help if you said what filter you were looking for.

However, yes, I believe some old engines had coarse filters that could be washed out in petrol and reused.

Pete
 
I don't know about diesel filter but I had a small single-cylinder diesel engine that had a little OIL filter that was as you describe, all-metal and not much larger than a tampon; also horribly expensive... if one could find it! :(
I borrowed an ultra-sonic cleaner (Lidl, IIRC) and left the filter in it, submerged in water and a powerful kitchen degreaser. Rinsed it and repeated using clean water. It came out sparkling clean and spotless.

Perhaps if you mention the engine model someone here will probably tell you about an equivalent replacement.
 
When I first had a boat with a huge old Gardner, the primary (duplex) filter had gauze elements, which could be taken out and washed in petrol or diesel. As it was the sort of filter which would just about stop small coal, I replaced it with a more useful conventional filter. The oil filter on that engine, continued to be a gauze type.
 
All, I should have said that it's a pre-filter - one of 2 directly connected before fuel enters the engine which is an old Yanmar single diesel. The primary filter is a "Fram" make but it has been proved difficult to cross reference it to another filter of similar dimensions.

I'll try a good soak in clean diesel and from googling it seems a vigorous shake should clean it - should be fun.
 
The fuel filter element for my elderly Bukh has become expensive to replace - although you can still get them. I have instead fitted a CAV - type filter head obtained from ssl diesel parts in the fuel line and now replace the very inexpensive CAV elements instead. The old filter is still in place, since it forms the junction for the bleed off pipes.
 
neil_s said:
The fuel filter element for my elderly Bukh has become expensive to replace - although you can still get them. I have instead fitted a CAV - type filter head obtained from ssl diesel parts in the fuel line and now replace the very inexpensive CAV elements instead. The old filter is still in place, since it forms the junction for the bleed off pipes.
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That's a good idea.
 
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