SweetLou
La Quinta, CA USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/03/2003
View Profile
 Offline
|
Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up?
2013 3500 Cummins 6.7 Quadcab 4x4 3.73 68FE Trans, 2007 HitchHiker Discover America 329 RSB
We love our Westie
|
Huntindog
Phoenix AZ
Senior Member
Joined: 04/08/2002
View Profile
|
SweetLou wrote:Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up? Why? Are you planning on putting dirty fuel in that tank? If so, why? If not, then the filter system already on the truck should be sufficent.
Huntindog
100% boondocking
2021 Grand Design Momentum 398M
2 bathrooms, no waiting
104 gal grey, 104 black,158 fresh
FullBodyPaint, 3,8Kaxles, DiscBrakes
17.5LRH commercial tires
1860watts solar,800 AH Battleborn batterys
2020 Silverado HighCountryC CD/A 4X4 DRW
|
SweetLou
La Quinta, CA USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/03/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
Huntindog wrote:SweetLou wrote:Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up? Why? Are you planning on putting dirty fuel in that tank? If so, why? If not, then the filter system already on the truck should be sufficent.
I understand your question, however it's a transfer tank and you can get junk into it from source or air vent etc. It's not direct and I therefore feel it should always be as clean as possible before going into system.
|
midnightsadie
ohio
Senior Member
Joined: 01/07/2008
View Profile
Offline
|
filter on your tank,and the engine filter would suit me.could be cleaner than at the pump.
|
BCSnob
Middletown, MD
Senior Member
Joined: 02/23/2002
View Profile
|
Diesel Filtration—Every Micron Counts
Posted by Keith Reid | February 18, 2022
|
|
|
Cummins12V98
on the road
Senior Member
Joined: 06/03/2012
View Profile
Offline
|
SweetLou wrote:Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up?
If you have cleaned this tank and are adding pump fuel to the tank to be transferred to your truck fuel tank and then gets filtered twice by the best filtration system in the industry WHY bother?????
2015 RAM LongHorn 3500 Dually CrewCab 4X4 CUMMINS/AISIN RearAir 385HP/865TQ 4:10's
37,800# GCVWR "Towing Beast"
"HeavyWeight" B&W RVK3600
2016 MobileSuites 39TKSB3 highly "Elited" In the stable
2007.5 Mobile Suites 36 SB3 29,000# Combined SOLD
|
Cummins12V98
on the road
Senior Member
Joined: 06/03/2012
View Profile
Offline
|
midnightsadie wrote:filter on your tank,and the engine filter would suit me.could be cleaner than at the pump.
First filter on his truck is an under bed RACOR fuel water separator filter then it goes to an engine mounted FleetGuard 4 micron NanoNet filter. It does not get any better than that!
|
SweetLou
La Quinta, CA USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/03/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
Cummins12V98 wrote:SweetLou wrote:Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up?
If you have cleaned this tank and are adding pump fuel to the tank to be transferred to your truck fuel tank and then gets filtered twice by the best filtration system in the industry WHY bother?????
thus the advice request. ![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
|
SweetLou
La Quinta, CA USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/03/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
My system on the tank always had a spin on after the 12v pump. I guess I can just replace the spin on with a clean unit and keep rolling along
|
Turtle n Peeps
California
Senior Member
Joined: 06/23/2008
View Profile
Offline
|
As said, the filters on your truck will take care of any particulate matter and other contamination. The only thing I "might" do is get a cheap water block filter in case any water gets in your bed tank.
~ Too many freaks & not enough circuses ~
"Life is not tried ~ it is merely survived ~ if you're standing
outside the fire"
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."- Abraham Lincoln
|
|
|
