[C320-list] Changing fuel filter question

[Rod Boer]

I agree! Changing the fuel filter in the fall never made sense to me.  It
makes sense to let the previous year's filter catch any organisms that might
have multiplied over the winter and then change it.
Rod Boer
Odyssey 688

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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Changing fuel filter question

Don't feel too bad. I've been told that the best time to change the primary
fuel filter is in the spring after the first startup. That way stuff that
settled over the winter layup gets trapped in the old filter before a fresh
one is fitted.  Oil filter is a different story

Jim Brown
Desalination 973

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> On Apr 21, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Harry Juris <harry at citron-too.com> wrote:
> 
> The question is: How the heck do you change it?
> 
> I have a '98 Mark1 with a Yanmar 3GM30. I successfully changed all but 
> one filter today (I know, I know - should have done it in the fall but 
> life got in the way)
> 
> My on engine fuel filter is almost directly in line with the bulkhead 
> separating the main and aft cabins. For the life of me I can't see how 
> to get a tool in there to loosen it.
> 
> All ideas and/or suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Harry
> s/v Polar Star
> Nyack Boat Club
> Nyack, NY
>