[Vwdiesel] Nasty dirty fuel tank - Part II

[jon]

Yup...I guess the little critters live in the water, but eat the diesel.
Yum yum.

How does water get into your tank? (Besides bad fuel)
Condensation. Reportedly, there is less air (maybe surface, too) for
condensation to form in a full tank.

Jon

On Tue, 27 May 2003, Nate Wall wrote:

> >From what I learned water is needed also. The alge
> grows at the fuel-water interface. No water in the
> fuel = no alge
>
> --Nate
>
> --Nate
> --- jon <jon at kenneke.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am in for lunch, so this morning I gave in a
> > pulled the fuel tank.
> > Actually not a difficult job to do. I could not get
> > the van jacked up
> > enough to get the tank brackets off, so I had to
> > bend back the little
> > ears, and pulled them right off.
> >
> > Ok, folks are now going to think I am crazy/stupid:
> > I sprayed the inside
> > of the tank with "foamy engine brite", and then
> > rinsed it with, yes,
> > water. Man oh man was there crud in the tank. I am
> > going to hit it again
> > with "engine brite" after lunch, rinse, and then let
> > dry in the sun. I
> > would have never filtered out all the crap.
> >
> > So, if you are going to let your diesel sit, do it
> > with a full tank, and
> > put Biocide (like biodor) in the tank! Save yourself
> > lots and lots of
> > grief. If you don't, it will be algae-ville in your
> > tank.
> >
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