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Clogged Fuel Filter

I had another clogged fuel filter on I-10 out of Benson, AZ today.  Got some bad fuel last summer.  Today I was prepared; three extra filters and the proper tools. I had never changed this filter before, but in less than an hour I was back on the road. My 09 Nimbus has a priming pump to fill the filter; this worked great. Thanks to all who have posted about changing filters besides the road in the past.
Planning on have the fuel polished later.
Roy
Roy Dameron
Ex 2009 42ft Nimbus
Jeep Unlimited

Re: Clogged Fuel Filter

Reply #1 –
Roy,

Make sure to change the generator's also. Add fungicide to tank

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

Re: Clogged Fuel Filter

Reply #2 –
I had the fuel filter plug up to the point where 40 MPH was top speed. Changed filters, added a bottle of Starbrite diesel fuel algae treatment from Napa ($18) and algae just "went away". One bottle treats about 200 gallons, if I recall. Just to play safe I have treated the tank twice since that occurrence three years ago. Last fall I added a bottle to the tank about a mile before I entered the storage facility.
One thing I did notice (and that is the reason I added a bottle before storage) was that my fuel gage started registering higher levels of fuel than ever before. I think the Starbrite removed algae from the sending unit in the tank.
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

Re: Clogged Fuel Filter

Reply #3 –
When I first started my business, I was buying older MBZ diesels for customers here. Frequently, the fuel gauge would stop after going down a ways and or the warning light would not come on. The sending unit was easy to remove from the the tank and I would usually find the algae had coated the small resistance wires so the sensing arm from the float could not touch them and give a fuel level indication. Was easy to clean the unit and stick it back in.

I was heading down the Autobahn flat out (about 80) in a 1971 220D I had just bought for a customer and was thinking how truly economical it was as the fuel gauge didn't even seem to be moving. When, a half hour later, it still had not moved, I started to get concerned. Right after that the engine quit. It was slightly downhill so I was able to coast for a couple minutes and amazingly, there was a fuel station I was able to just roll to. I was very lucky as unlike here, exits are few and far between on the Autobahn.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)