Why having a filter for the HPOP is a good idea

Big Bore · Sep 8, 2011

So when I was looking at the spare reservoir, while trying to make my hairbrained idea of stacking reservoirs work, I was looking at the filter screen. There was a significant amount of material in the bottom. It was not magnetic at all, but I could see metal. There was a lot of black fibrous material. The kind that would plug up an IPR quick. Definitely supports getting the Dieselsite adapter for the early trucks that dont have the screen.

Bottom of screen.

Material I scraped out of the screen with a screwdriver.There was quite a bit embedded in the bottom still, these were the larger particles.

PowerstrokeJunkie · Sep 8, 2011

do you change your oil? LOL

CSIPSD · Sep 8, 2011

There was a ton of crap in there when I blew the last motor!

Southmike · Sep 9, 2011

Not having the screen makes it easy to pumpout the rez though....lol.
I plan on adding the adapter one day just dont mix up the orings else bad things happen.
I saw a post somewhere where sombody got the two mixed up......yup cracked the front cover.

Big Bore · Sep 9, 2011

PowerstrokeJunkie said:
do you change your oil? LOL

lol the reservoir and screen came off a blown motor in an F550 that a buddy bought. We swapped in another motor and promptly blew it too. Someone did a harness repair on the VC connectors and swapped a couple wires, so injectors firing when not supposed to. That being the case, the mechanic who did that was also the one who maintained it. So who knows.

Tom S · Sep 9, 2011

That filter is pretty fine and I bet it catches quite a bit of crap if there is any.

Stroken7.3 · Sep 9, 2011

Thats ugly.

Chvyrkr · Sep 10, 2011

CSIPSD said:
There was a ton of crap in there when I blew the last motor!

Roger...

CSIPSD · Sep 10, 2011

LOL... Similar picture...

Chvyrkr · Sep 10, 2011

Lol, awesome.

Dieselfever · Sep 13, 2011

The pic in the original post is what the one looked like that came out of House's engine when I pulled the BTS pumps off

-Michael

TrailerHauler · Sep 13, 2011

Big Bore said:
lol the reservoir and screen came off a blown motor in an F550 that a buddy bought. We swapped in another motor and promptly blew it too. Someone did a harness repair on the VC connectors and swapped a couple wires, so injectors firing when not supposed to. That being the case, the mechanic who did that was also the one who maintained it. So who knows.

I was wondering what happened with that, that really sucks. Are you guys swapping in another engine again?

Also what years exactly don't have the screen in the reservoir?

Big Bore · Sep 13, 2011

TrailerHauler said:
I was wondering what happened with that, that really sucks. Are you guys swapping in another engine again?

Also what years exactly don't have the screen in the reservoir?

Haha yea there is going to be some serious swapping now, I sold him the 50Kmi motor from my 96 for the 550, now he wants me to put it in his 96, take 250K motor from 96 and put in 550. :doh:

I think screens were from 99.5 and up.

TrailerHauler · Sep 14, 2011

Big Bore said:
Haha yea there is going to be some serious swapping now, I sold him the 50Kmi motor from my 96 for the 550, now he wants me to put it in his 96, take 250K motor from 96 and put in 550. :doh:

I think screens were from 99.5 and up.

LOL sounds like a mess I'd be involved in! Good luck with it!

CSIPSD · Sep 14, 2011

Question... twice in the last two days the truck has died on me... IPR plugged.

Is there any small brass pieces in the HPOP or metal pieces that could cause this?

It could be the motor, but once cleaned and reinstalled it fires right back up...

No screen on this motor, OBS front cover and a SD res...

Big Bore · Sep 14, 2011

CSIPSD said:
Question... twice in the last two days the truck has died on me... IPR plugged.

Is there any small brass pieces in the HPOP or metal pieces that could cause this?

It could be the motor, but once cleaned and reinstalled it fires right back up...

No screen on this motor, OBS front cover and a SD res...

I dont know about the brass. However, I have spent a little time looking at the front covers where the screen gasket sits, and I'm pretty convinced that a guy could mill the inside of the area where the screen sits on a non screen cover so that one could be used. Basically instead of having a channel there like the early covers, the later cover is milled flat from the channel to the inside so the flat metal part of the gasket can sit down below the outside edge.

Tom S · Sep 14, 2011

Big Bore said:
I dont know about the brass. However, I have spent a little time looking at the front covers where the screen gasket sits, and I'm pretty convinced that a guy could mill the inside of the area where the screen sits on a non screen cover so that one could be used. Basically instead of having a channel there like the early covers, the later cover is milled flat from the channel to the inside so the flat metal part of the gasket can sit down below the outside edge.

I would agree but I would be testing on a junker first.