Kubota
Diesel Engine
Reelmaster 6500-D/6700-D Page 3 - 13 Kubota Diesel Engine
4. Place a suitable container under fuel/water separa-
tor, and unscrew filter element and base from the filter
head.
5. Unscrew filter element from base and discard ele-
ment.
6. Lubricate gasket on new filter element and O-ring
with clean diesel fuel.
7. Screw filter element into base by hand until the O-
ring contacts the mounting surface. Rotate element an
additional 1/2 turn.
8. Screw filter element and base onto filter head by
hand until the gasket contacts the mounting surface.
Rotate element and base an additional 1/2 turn.
9. Bleed air from fuel system (see Bleed Fuel System
in this section of this manual).
10.Start engine and check for fuel leaks.
11.Close hood and secure latch.
Replace Fuel Prefilter
Replace fuel prefilter periodically as recommended in
the maintenance schedules in Chapter 2 - Product Re-
cords and Maintenance.
1. Park machine on a level s urface, lower cutting units,
stop engine, engage parking brake, and remove key
from the ignition switch.
2. Release hood latch and open hood.
3. Clean area where filter bowl mounts to filter head.
4. Remove filter bowl and clean mounting surface.
5. Remove filter element from the bowl and replace
with new filter.
6. Installfilterbowlbyhand untilO-ringcontactsmount-
ing surface.
7. Bleed air from fuel system (see Bleed Fuel System
in this section of this manual).
8. Start engine and check for fuel leaks.
9. Close hood and secure latch.
1. Fuel Prefilter
2. Filter Bowl
3. O-ring
4. Filter Element
5. Filter Head
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