Fuel Filter Replacement At 100 Hours

[Blaine B.]

I have two 22" Personal Pace mowers with Tecumseh 6.5, one from 2004 and one from 2007, and neither of them have fuel filters. My Father also has a 2009 Toro Personal Pace with a 6.5 B&S and it too does not have a fuel filter!

To be honest, I am thinking about just installing a male/male pipe nipple in place of the fuel filters on the snow blowers. One of the filters has not been changed in 9 years, as it is still the original from 2005!

 

[exotion]

My proline didn't come with a fuel filter.... Kawi engine had a shut off which I replaced with filter

 

[Blaine B.]

The only mowers I have seen with a shut off were the two Honda mowers that my father owned years back. One of them was a really old 1980s model.

The newer Honda was a Harmony. Not sure why he sold it to get the Toro, but either way, he liked the Toro better!

Also my Ariens 2-stage snow blower has a shut off but no filter, and the Troy Bilt 2-stage snow blower has neither.

Both Toro single stage snow blowers have filters. I acquired some 1/4" male/male barb fittings to remove the filters.

 

[Mad Mackie]

Ethanol in the gasoline will soften the plastic fuel filters in time. I recommend replacing them periodically as recommended in your manuals.
When adding a fuel filter to an engine that doesn't have one, bear in mind that there are different fuel filters for gravity feed and fuel pump equipped engines, don't mix them up.
Many snow blower engines don't have air filters as they can get plugged with snow or get wet from snow and cause airflow and carb icing problems.

 

[Blaine B.]

As I mentioned, the filter in my father's CCR 3650 is original from 2005.

Good point about the evil Ethanol.