Combines 77 F Gleaner Sock inside fuel tankIJ

[ewbeye]

Check your fuel tank for rust and sediment buildup. Winter condensation adds lots of water to your fuel tank if it is stored empty, low on fuel, or with the wrong fuel. That water will begin to rust the inside of your steel tank and steel fuel lines because it will settle to the bottom under the fuel. You may have to remove the tank and fuel line to clean them. If so, rattling a small chain works the best inside the tank along with some cleaning solvent - ATFIJ You will also want to blow out the fuel line that goes from the tank to the sediment bulb. In the future, for long storage of your F gleaner, try the following: If it is a gasser, fill the tank with regular unleaded gasoline adding about 2-3 gallons of diesel or gasoline stabilizer to top it off. Don't fill it with an ethanol blend as ethanol attracts moisture. If it is a Diesel, try to fill it with No.1 winter blend fuel. If all you have is No. 2, then use a fuel stabilizer. Try not to use the Biodiesel as it will begin to gell at lower temps. Perhaps that may not be a problem if you don't start it at lower tempsIJ What I do is call my fuel delivery guy after harvest and ask for winter fill on certain equipment. He knows what works and what doesn't.

 

[Burbert]

I know that I have posted this information a couple of times in the past, but it is something to check out if cleaning doesn't make a difference. Once we had a bacterial growth of some sort in the tank. It produced a clear, snotlike substance, which kept clogging up the screen at the sediment bowl. local automotive put me on to an FPPF additive that worked like a charm, no problem since, we use it on a regular basis, add it to diesel. Simple clean out of the tank DID NOT WORK, when problem, which occurred about every hour, while operating. My 2 cents worth!

 

[Kaye2]

I was told that the bacteria in diesel fuel cannot live with the presence of gasoline in the fuel and was told a cup or so to a large amount of fuel will kill it. Just a thought but I would rather buy the correct additive than risk messing up a pump or something. We have the bug right now at them farm and are treating it, we have had it at work as well, usually with the trucks that don't get topped off at night, the warm fuel makes condensation and the air being in the less than full tank apparently allows the bug to spread or grow.

 

[Burbert]

Kaye2, I'll get the correct name of the additive for you, tomorrow, when I'm out at the shop.

 

[Burbert]

Kaye2 The fuel treatment for bacterial problems is FPPF Agri Fuel Treatment, available at sale@fppf.com or better yet, at your local automotive supply. If I remember correctly one bottle treats 375 gal of diesel. Sorry I took so long getting back to you. Good luck!