Water in fuel light came on then off
Hi Everyone, Coming home this weekend from Panama City Fl. we drove through serious rain the whole way. We even had to detour off I-10 due to flooding. It was rain from tropical storm Cristobal. ...
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Here is what it looks like on my ISB.
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On a previous DP when I had a lot less experience, I had a similar situation. I had just refueled and was driving in heavy rain when the water in fuel alarm came on. Not knowing what to do, I called ahead to a Cummins service center. As I remember, I had to spend the night there for them to check it out in the morning. The tech found what he said was water in the settlement bowl. So he replaced the filter and checked it out. When he gave it back he told me that the light had still been on, so he put dielectric grease in the connector which fixed it. When I said maybe that was the problem all along, he said that there was water in the bowl and therefore not a warranty issue. So a couple hundred dollars later, I was on my way again. From then on I kept a little grease on the connector. On my new DP (shown) the connector seems to be a better design a less susceptible to moisture causing a false alarm.
Click For Full-Size Image.On a previous DP when I had a lot less experience, I had a similar situation. I had just refueled and was driving in heavy rain when the water in fuel alarm came on. Not knowing what to do, I called ahead to a Cummins service center. As I remember, I had to spend the night there for them to check it out in the morning. The tech found what he said was water in the settlement bowl. So he replaced the filter and checked it out. When he gave it back he told me that the light had still been on, so he put dielectric grease in the connector which fixed it. When I said maybe that was the problem all along, he said that there was water in the bowl and therefore not a warranty issue. So a couple hundred dollars later, I was on my way again. From then on I kept a little grease on the connector. On my new DP (shown) the connector seems to be a better design a less susceptible to moisture causing a false alarm.
