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Replying to: caribou1 (May 08, 2007 11:12 pm) - The water in fuel sensing - The preheating of the fuel for winter use. The water in fuel sensor came with the CRD originally and screws into the bottom of the replacement filter in lieu of the drain plug that comes with the replacement, so the sensor is not lost. The sensor is just 2 electrodes in the plastic that measure the conductivity of the water if high enough. The preheating element is not in the filter itself. The original filter I disassembled was simply a canister with a filter element. The canister extends well below the filter to provide room for water. Is the heater in the housing that holds the filter? I would prefer to use a Racor with a clear bowl. I contacted Racor about a year ago and they said that they thought the R20S(if memory serves) would work but could not say absolutely so I did not order one.
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Replying to: siberia (May 09, 2007 5:01 pm) -Both heater and water sensors are located inside the plastic bowl. -The R20S filter cartridge has a 'chamber' for allowing a volume of fuel to remain around the heating element. European 4x4 clubs promote Parker-Racor filters when preparing for African rallies. When you're not certain of what will be poured into your tank, you add another filtration element to the one I received with the truck. My fuel filter element has 20,000 miles and doesn't show any sign of fatigue. The plastic bowl is really neat to detect the presence of water: I apply a flashlight underneath the bowl, next to the connectors.  When illuminated, the colour of the plastic bowl full of fuel is like tea (or american coffee  )
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Replying to: caribou1 (May 09, 2007 11:38 pm)
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Replying to: siberia (May 10, 2007 2:41 am) Some time ago I posted these pictures: http://richard.fortin.free.fr/KJ_diesel/Corps_filtre.jpg http://richard.fortin.free.fr/KJ_diesel/Purge.jpg You will see the two connectors on the bowl. The fuel heater is a 3/4 turn ring element that is fixed inside the bowl. The filter cartridge has an empty volume (recess) built in just above the heater element.
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Replying to: caribou1 (May 10, 2007 7:38 am)
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Replying to: siberia (May 10, 2007 3:59 pm) The Parker filter housing is accessible and repairable. Yours is quicker to prime, every 40,000 miles  When you buy the marine version, the mount/housing is painted beige. DC saved a penny by not painting it.
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Replying to: caribou1 (May 10, 2007 11:16 pm) http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1000330cp2.jpg Please take a look at the catalogue below specifically page 9. http://www.usdieselparts.com/pdf/pdf/Section01.pdf Is that your unit, model 230R, using R20S 2 micron cartridge and “Heater and See-thru Bowl”? Racor tells me that they think the R20S will fit on the US CRD filter head. If that is the case I can get by just buying the R20S cartridge and a non-heater see-thru bowl and install my existing water sensor. I am going to order the parts and find out.
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Replying to: siberia (May 12, 2007 6:55 pm) If you retrofit this on your truck, spend the extra dollar on the purchase of two stainless steel elbow fittings ("Swagelock" or equivalent) for the fuel hoses. You were lucky not to set fire with the fried connector 
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Replying to: caribou1 (May 13, 2007 12:09 am)
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