Diesel RVs: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Here we go again....... Fuel Fungus

Oddly enough ;

After all the terrible fungus issues this car has had (remember me lurching to a halt in front of a Korean Church on Sunday morning ?) ,
I've continued dosing it regularly , every fillup .

I bet I'm not putting in enough ~ in a moment I'll go dose it again , I have 1/2 tank of fuel now .

As Tom will attest , it matters not what I'm driving nor where ~ i can be in TEXAS in my old Chevy pickup and feel the fuel filter clogging up as we drive & have to pull over and change it .

-Nate
Rob wrote :
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> Nate,
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> Fungus again? We don't know how you do it.
> Maybe you should use Startron on a regular basis.
>
> Rob
> Garden Grove, CA
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> On 6/26/13 3:54 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > Here we go again....... Fuel Fungus
> > Posted by: "Nate"vwnate1@... vwnate1
> > Date: Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:55 am ((PDT))
> >
> >
> > I've been noticing sluggish off idle performance and yesterday afternoon as I was doing a routine hot oil & filter change I looked at my clear primary fuel filter and noticed the screen was dead black ~
> >
> > Tapping it with a hard plastic screwdriver handle revealed tiny (and some no so tiny) chunks of coal looking stuff flaking off the screen so I remove it and capped both ends , shook and tapped the bejeebers out of it , this shakes the collected fungus residue break loose , once you see the fuel in it turning black , stop and hold it up right , in a few moments (about 60 seconds) the chunks will slowly settle and drift down into the inlet nipple , then you tap it a bunch more and more chinks will come loose , repeat until either you're tired & frustrated or the chunks stop falling off the screen , in the end I blew it out back wards then filled it up with Ether (starting fluid) , tapped it a few more times then blew it out again , not as clean as I'd like but I have a limited amount of ability with the pain and all .
> >
> > Upon re - installation and re filling the sump with fresh multi grade oil , the engine started and idled smoother and has noticeably better off idle response and throttle response .
> >
> > This is why I use and recommend the_clear_ primary intake fuel screen filters ~ you can_SEE_ what's going on at a glance & take action before you're suffering serious problems .
> >
> >
> > -Nate
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