draining the fuel tank on a l322?

mick the digger! said:

as it says in looking to drain the fuel tank on my td6 l322,
filled it yesterday from a tank that turns out had got some water in it, started it this morning and cut out after driving it a couple of hundred meters, pulled the fuel filter off it and was full of water
with the fuel filter still disconnected, and the feed from the tank in a empty can I switched the ignition to run position to run to fuel pump and filled the can until it hadn't any water in it, put a new filter on it and it now runs fine.
im guessing that the outlet in the tank isn't right at the bottom as with most fuel tanks so there is still some water in the tank, there doesn't seem to be a drain bung in the bottom of the tank and dropping down the tank looks like a pain in the ass.. exhaust, drive shaft etc need removing.
anyone any better ideas?

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wammers said:

That's why fuel filters usually have a drain on the bottom of them, they also act as a water trap. Any water in the fuel should sink to the bottom of the filter, just drain it slightly now and again until all water is gone.

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mick the digger! said:

your dead right, but unfortunately on a l322 fuel filter they dont have a drain on them. I took the new filter i put on it yesterday back off this morning and blew it out with the air line and there was some water in it, im just going to do this daily for the next week or so and then stick another new filter on it.
If only they had a glass sediment bowl on them like all our diggers!

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