Starting a diesel
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From: Moro Bay, AR
Oh I know well how common it can be and what a pain, there is a local fuel supplier that got some bad fuel a few years ago, they contaminated many tanks around here before it was discovered. I always have to laugh at the instructions that are posted for ridding a system of algea, seldom do they reccomend carrying a spare filter and a filter wrench.
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[QUOTE=ghunt;10051278]No it won't.
I suppose individual results may vary as they say.
Here's an interesting article about modern fuels. http://theepicenter.com/tow021799.html
I suppose our old notions about things like getting a bad tank of gas or how long fuel will last can be affected by many influences.
My personal experience seems to be if you are in a southern state for example and you don't regularly start and run an internal combustion engine then you will have trouble down the road, algae being just one of many other issues.
In the northern and colder climates fuel seems to me to last longer in storage in my PERSONAL opinion .
I have certainly taken gas from old gas containers from boats and diesel from old heavy equipment that didn't look right, smell right or work right, in one instance we poured a small amount of gas on the ground and couldn't light it with a match,
Check the filter, put some good batteries in and try it, it should fire on the fuel in the filter at the very least.
I suppose individual results may vary as they say.
Here's an interesting article about modern fuels. http://theepicenter.com/tow021799.html
I suppose our old notions about things like getting a bad tank of gas or how long fuel will last can be affected by many influences.
My personal experience seems to be if you are in a southern state for example and you don't regularly start and run an internal combustion engine then you will have trouble down the road, algae being just one of many other issues.
In the northern and colder climates fuel seems to me to last longer in storage in my PERSONAL opinion .
I have certainly taken gas from old gas containers from boats and diesel from old heavy equipment that didn't look right, smell right or work right, in one instance we poured a small amount of gas on the ground and couldn't light it with a match,
Check the filter, put some good batteries in and try it, it should fire on the fuel in the filter at the very least.
Last edited by Fordranchero; Mar 4, 2011 at 10:20 PM. Reason: error in composition
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[quote=Fordranchero;10052344] No one said anything about gasoline, yes it will go bad, quickly! But diesel fuel is another animal, it may or may not be contaminated with algea, but it doesn't go bad.
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