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ENGINEERING BULLETIN | 98 - 4 |
| April 21, 1998 | ||
Fuel Filters For Caterpillar Applications | |
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Caterpillar recently sent information to its dealers explaining that they are experiencing situations in which fuel filters with too much restriction are being used in a primary fuel filter function. Their information informs dealers and customers not to use the Caterpillar 1P2299 fuel filter and 1R0740 fuel filter as primary fuel filters on Caterpillar engines. These filters are too restrictive for use in primary fuel filter applications and cause stress and damage to fuel transfer pumps.
Baldwin Filters is using this bulletin to communicate the same information to our customers. The equivalent Baldwin fuel filters BF970 (1P2299) and BF7525 (1R0740) should not be used as primary fuel filters on Caterpillar engines for the same reason. The majority of the Caterpillar engine applications listed in the 1998 Baldwin applications guide call for only one spin-on fuel filter. This information from Caterpillar does not change any of the application information in our applications catalog. |
Caterpillar manufactures its engines without a spin-on primary fuel filter. Some of the original equipment manufacturers who use the Caterpillar engines in their trucks or other equipment add a remotely mounted fuel base for use with a spin-on primary fuel filter. The report from Caterpillar is that some of these bases have the same thread size as the base for the secondary fuel filter and will accept the previously mentioned secondary fuel filters. This situation can be easily identified if you find two of the same fuel filters are mounted in different locations on a Caterpillar engine application.
The bases installed by the truck or equipment manufacturers will most likely be mounted on the chassis of the equipment instead of the engine. Please inform your customers to use caution when installing fuel filters to remotely mounted bases on Caterpillar engines. Use only fuel filters, such as the BF5801, or other fuel filters designated as primary fuel filters on these remote primary fuel filter bases. |
| If you experience this situation and are not clear which filter should be used, please contact our Service Engineering department for assistance. | |
call our Service Engineering Team at (308) 237-9729 |