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Read articles →This is an owner's hands-on maintenance video, not a review: Tom walks through swapping both inner and outer air filters and the fuel filter on his own 3025E, showing the drain valve, water check, filter wrench technique, and restart/self-purge process, with the tractor sitting at 491 hours. It ends with an unrelated soil-temperature check for herbicide timing. Best for existing 3025E owners doing this exact service themselves.
Posted by Tom on the Chigger Hill Adventures channel, an owner sharing routine maintenance on his own tractor and property rather than a dealer or reviewer.
Remove the bungee cord, undo top and bottom latches, pull off the outer filter, then the inner filter pops off a spud. Install new inner filter first, then snap the outer filter on with top facing up.
No. John Deere calls it a self-purging system. Just turn the key on and let it sit ten or fifteen seconds, then start the tractor.
The John Deere book says you do not need to prefill it with diesel, though Tom notes that choice is up to the owner.
Turn the drain valve to drain a little fuel out and look for water, which would settle at the bottom. In this case only clean diesel came out, no water.
