Fuel and water separator, where's it at?

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wakeboardsam

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Maintenance manual says...
Check Every Month
.Windshield washer fluid level.
.Fuel and water separator. Drain if necessary (or if indicated by the information display).
.Holes and slots in the tail pipe to make sure they are functional and clear of debris.

No amount of searching anywhere can lead me to a fuel water separator, let alone its location. Not even the shop service manual has mention of it (that I could find).

Seems that if this is a monthly service item, it'd be spelled out in the manual for location ECT.
 

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Maintenance manual says...
Check Every Month
.Windshield washer fluid level.
.Fuel and water separator. Drain if necessary (or if indicated by the information display).
.Holes and slots in the tail pipe to make sure they are functional and clear of debris.

No amount of searching anywhere can lead me to a fuel water separator, let alone its location. Not even the shop service manual has mention of it (that I could find).

Seems that if this is a monthly service item, it'd be spelled out in the manual for location ECT.
.Fuel and water separator. Drain if necessary (or if indicated by the information display).
.Holes and slots in the tail pipe to make sure they are functional and clear of debris.

Those 2 lines are directly out of a Super Duty manual, and should not be in the Expedition Manual. You sure you are reading the correct book?
 

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Check the blinker fluid while you're at it, too. Seriously, though, gasoline engines don't have water separators.
 

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Crazy, but it's right there in the 2021 Expedition manual. It's mentioned twice in fact.

Obviously an oversight at the technical writing office at Ford. Maybe because these come off the same Kentucky production line as the Super Duty?

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