Tom in TN
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- Location
- Southern Middle Tennessee
I have an old style Ford 4000, 4 cylinder, diesel tractor. I was getting fuel oil into the engine crankcase oil, so, based on advice from guys on this forum, I decided to replace the seals on the injector pump drive shaft. I removed the timing inspection cover from the side of the pump and a very large volume of fuel poured out of side of the pump. I had turned off the fuel shutoff valve at the tank, but way too much fuel came out of the timing inspection cover area.
I broke into the fuel line from the tank to the filter and no fuel was coming out of the line so I know that the shutoff valve on the tank is working. I then removed the injection leak off line that goes from the pump up the tank. Lots of fuel came out. I ended up draining the whole fuel tank out through the injection leak off line.
I don't know anything about the fuel tank stand pipe, but it seems like it must be broken, thus allowing fuel to flow freely out of the tank.
What do you think? Is this something I need to fix? The stand pipe is no longer available from New Holland, but I haven't checked any of the after market places.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Tom in TN
I broke into the fuel line from the tank to the filter and no fuel was coming out of the line so I know that the shutoff valve on the tank is working. I then removed the injection leak off line that goes from the pump up the tank. Lots of fuel came out. I ended up draining the whole fuel tank out through the injection leak off line.
I don't know anything about the fuel tank stand pipe, but it seems like it must be broken, thus allowing fuel to flow freely out of the tank.
What do you think? Is this something I need to fix? The stand pipe is no longer available from New Holland, but I haven't checked any of the after market places.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Tom in TN