[Vwdiesel] Fuel 101 --- ( the MICROBES ---nasty little crittters )

[Randy Tyler]

Heed Hagar:
 Best to slow down developing MBG's  (MicroBiological Growth) by keeping the fuel dry.  Do not allow a fuel/water interface to develop because that is where the critters proliferate.  Gas line antifreeze  is a good choice 
Check your filters.  Slimey patches are a warning.
 
 
  The marine fuels I am most familiar with come with biocides in the fuel to maintain quality because the spoors are always in the fuels. Fuel suppliers do the same as bakeries, dairies etc; the mold spoors are around so keep the product moving.  If you compelled to disclose that you are putting an **icide (fungicide, biocide, insecticide etc) in your product, it is suicide in marketing
 
I buy my diesel fuel at service stations that have a lot of traffic to turn the fuel over and put occasional shots of gas anti freeze in the tank. All the stations where I go in our area have new tanks  My furnace fuel supplier automatically puts gas line anti-freeze in that fuel tank so they know as well.
 
The worst case of MBGs I had to deal with came from a strategic fuel strorage facility that had regular government inspections and reporting. 
 
Randy  


How long can I reasonably go before having to
worry about stuff growing in my fuel system? What
additive concentrate is best?


"H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org> wrote
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Hagar.

PS : keep the fuel as dry and as COOL and in the dark , as possible ---use metal
containers. --Jerry Cans ? there is Hitler again ?. Ja ?.---to test Fuel moisture
levels ? .---use a small bag of Silica Gell ----it is Purple in dry fuel and White --yes
it turns white if moisture is present. If you are really sophisticated you use a
dewpoint reading---ah no need to go that fancy. --By the way we have a Micro Biologist in
this forum --would someone kick his butt and get him to explain where those little
grabbers come from ? -Please.

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