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Cross-Country
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I had this same accumulation of rust flakes in the bottom of my fuel bowl. It looked like the fuel bowl heater was actually corroding a little. I drained my bowl and wiped it clean, thanking the fuel bowl for collecting it for easy removal and not sending all that stuff to the injectors.
Cargo Master
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Summer fuel sitting un-treated all winter......things start to grow as well as things start to drop out of the fuel. I would suggest treating the fuel with some winter additives as well as some biocide when you put it away at the end of this summer.
http://www.diesel-fuels.com/bad-diesel-fuel.php
http://www.hpcdfuel.com/pdf/DOWfuel_training.pdf
http://cumminsengines.com/diesel-fuel-contaminants
some reading on what can happen to stagnet fuel.
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Well here's what I found - started to loosen the fuel filter cap and it was super tight, I was turning it thinkIng man this feels cross threaded and just as I'm thinking no way I was that stupid the pressure blows from the pressure releasethe and gives me a nice fuel shot to the face. Cap is nice and loose now
The 'fuel bowl' drain valve works really good to release the pressure that is built up in the bowl.
Hotshot
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looks like a smokeing gun to me.
Summer fuel sitting un-treated all winter......things start to grow as well as things start to drop out of the fuel. I would suggest treating the fuel with some winter additives as well as some biocide when you put it away at the end of this summer.
Source Of Diesel Fuel Problems
http://www.hpcdfuel.com/pdf/DOWfuel_training.pdf
Cummins Engines
some reading on what can happen to stagnet fuel.
Summer fuel sitting un-treated all winter......things start to grow as well as things start to drop out of the fuel. I would suggest treating the fuel with some winter additives as well as some biocide when you put it away at the end of this summer.
Source Of Diesel Fuel Problems
http://www.hpcdfuel.com/pdf/DOWfuel_training.pdf
Cummins Engines
some reading on what can happen to stagnet fuel.
Doubtful one winter will cause issue. We store diesels (including my X in the sig) every winter and one every summer without ever any issues. One diesel we have leaves storage once every couple years if lucky and no problems.
Cargo Master
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Then I would say you are lucky. I have left diesel engines sitting for up to 3 years with un treated fuel and they started with nothing more than a jump. Others I have tried to restart after as little as 4 months and have had plugged filters and tanks full of crap. I think the quality of the fuel supply as well as the condition of the tank play an important role in the shelf life. My father in law has issue every spring with his tractors, until I introduced him to Bio Kleen, havent had an issue in the last 5 years.
BIO KLEEN® DIESEL FUEL BIOCIDE: A dual-phase biocide to kill microbes, bacteria and fungus.
Is this "storage" indoors and climate controlled possibly?
Hotshot
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Possibly and I can imagine bad fuel from a not very well used gas station can cause all kinds of problems not only just with storage. I always get fuel form a very well used mobil station, most of our trucks always get fuel from the same stops every day. The 86 that has been in storage and has had the same fuel in it for the last 10 years I have no idea where it came from but never any trouble every other year or so I bring it out. According to the links in order for bad stuff to happen there has to be water in the fuel which can build up from cool to warm condensation but if you are getting water in your fuel for stations I would switch stations.
Now I normally store everything with a full tank so there is no room for condensation to form, and it keeps the sending unit tubes and stuff from rusting. But this last winter I stored my X with only a 1/4 tank... Must have had something to do with the $4+ fuel last fall.
Now I normally store everything with a full tank so there is no room for condensation to form, and it keeps the sending unit tubes and stuff from rusting. But this last winter I stored my X with only a 1/4 tank... Must have had something to do with the $4+ fuel last fall.
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