SHOE-TRACK 3299269 - Caterpillar

Personal injury or death can result from a fire.Fuel leaked or spilled onto hot surfaces or electrical components can cause a fire.Clean up all leaked or spilled fuel. Do not smoke while working on the fuel system.Turn the disconnect switch OFF or disconnect the battery when changing fuel filters.
Do not fill fuel filter with fuel before installing the fuel filter. Contaminated fuel causes accelerated wear to fuel system parts.
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Open the access door at the rear of the machine. Turn the red handle of the fuel shutoff valve clockwise in order to shut off the fuel supply.
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Remove the fuel filter element and properly discard the used fuel filter element.
Clean the mounting base for the fuel filter. Be sure that all of the old seal is removed.
Coat the seal of the new fuel filter element with clean diesel fuel.
Install the new fuel filter element by hand.Instructions for the installation of the filters are printed on the side of each Caterpillar spin-on filter. For non-Caterpillar filters, refer to the installation instructions that are provided by the supplier of the filter.
Open the fuel supply valve.
Prime the fuel system. See the Operation and Maintenance Manual, "Fuel System - Prime" .
Close the access door for the fuel supply valve.