Something I've never quite understood...

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Originally Posted by rangieman

Im don`t doubt diesel algae [wink11] This Thread is more on about the wife`s tale [bigwhistle]

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Ahhh true...had a re-read and you are right! Oh well...back on subject re this thread...don't know about wives tale or not.....but my daughter had a getz...whenever she ran the tank down low, it would start running rough, put some E10 in there and it would run ok again. Waggle my finger at her and tell her not to run it down so low...until next time when she did the same, and go through the process again...So I could only conclude that there was indeed water or crap getting sucked in when it got low!!

E 10 would have the advantage of taking small amounts of water into solution, keeping the tank relatively water free, wouldn't it?

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Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

E 10 would have the advantage of taking small amounts of water into solution, keeping the tank relatively water free, wouldn't it?

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Yes, cheaper to fill up with E10, than to pour in a bottle of methylated spirits. Same result. And it did the job.

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Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

E 10 would have the advantage of taking small amounts of water into solution, keeping the tank relatively water free, wouldn't it?

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That's the theory. I wonder if it works in practice?

As the Commodore got older, whenever I ran the tank empty, it would destroy the in tank fuel pump.

The Merc has a swirl pot in the tank. It was old, well, it's a 1965 Merc and I suspect the original tank. It was very rusty in the tank. The holes into the swirl pot were partially blocked and restricted the flow of fuel into the swirl pot. When the tank was full, no problems. Under half full it would only run for 20km or so before I had to sit on the side of the road for fifteen minutes whilst the fuel seeped into the swirl pot. It's all fixed now and I try to keep the tank full to prevent the new tank from rusting up.

I keep one of the 101s tank full. One of the others only had a splash in it. It rusted through. I have a stainless tank for it now.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

That's the theory. I wonder if it works in practice?

As the Commodore got older, whenever I ran the tank empty, it would destroy the in tank fuel pump.

The Merc has a swirl pot in the tank. It was old, well, it's a 1965 Merc and I suspect the original tank. It was very rusty in the tank. The holes into the swirl pot were partially blocked and restricted the flow of fuel into the swirl pot. When the tank was full, no problems. Under half full it would only run for 20km or so before I had to sit on the side of the road for fifteen minutes whilst the fuel seeped into the swirl pot. It's all fixed now and I try to keep the tank full to prevent the new tank from rusting up.

I keep one of the 101s tank full. One of the others only had a splash in it. It rusted through. I have a stainless tank for it now.

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My first car was a VW wagon with the flat 4. It was always getting water in the main jet (or jets, can't remember if this was after a twin carb conversion). The jet(s) were in the bottom of the float bowl.

Major PITA to dismantle and clean. The tank got a thorough clean more than once.

Someone told me about the metho trick and how it works.................... no more probs after that.

DL

Next time you replace your fuel filter rip the old one open and look at what is inside.

I thought this was an interesting discussion of algae in boat fuel tanks. It recommends keeping the tank full when the boat is stored for long periods.

Preventing and removing diesel algae - BoatCoachBob

I suppose we could just embrace our algae and produce algae biodiesel, but we'd have to become experts in transesterification, which sounds painful.

How Algae Biodiesel Works | HowStuffWorks