It's not just fungus Rob ;
Any vehicle I drive , has the worst , most terrible fuel crud issues you'll _EVER_ experiance .
I don't understand why but always it has been so . ask Tom .
His old IHC 88 passeger schoolbus clogged it's 150 gllon fuel tank inlet in Nebraska where there was us , asphalt and corn to the horizon in every direction.....
I just deal with it and try to always carry spare fuel filters & bits of hose .
It's one of those curse / blessing things because I have learned to deal with it and I keep meeting new & interesting people as I'm by the side of the road or in some far away gas station , abandoned parkng lot , etc. doing my thing .
-Nate
Rob wrote:
>
> Nate,
>
> How is it that you have all the fungus?
>
> My 300D is idling rough, yet no chunks in the filter.
> Need to order some diesel purge....
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
>
> On 8/3/11 1:06 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > Oh , NO !
> > Posted by: "Nate"vwnate1@... vwnate1
> > Date: Tue Aug 2, 2011 9:34 am ((PDT))
> >
> >
> > Here we go again..... =8-( .
> >
> > I was changing the oil& filter in my '84 300CD Sports Coupe and noticed the dreaded black chunks in my previously sparkly clean intake fuel screen.....
> >
> > !DANGIT! .
> >
> > So , I waited until to - day when I have less than 1/4 tank of fuel so it won't dribble all over when I remove it (the other plan would be to park facing uphill on a slope) , removed the screen and held it vertical as I tapped it , waited as the chunks of miniature coal settled out of the screen and into the intake nipple held firmly against my finger , waited some more , tapped it again , waited some more , eventually the chunks falling loose were*so* tiny they barely had sufficient weight to drift lazily downwards through the fuel so I blew it out backwards& called it good .
> >
> > Now I have to go buy another jug of Startron by Starbrite& begin dosing it at each fillup.....
> >
> > I only use branded fuels but I always have more dirty fuel problems than anyone I've ever met .
> >
> > _SIGH_ .
> >
> > -Nate
> >
> >
>
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