Dumb mistake

mhardin wrote:
I would never knowingly put contaminated fuel into a truck with a $10,000 engine. If water makes it to the injector pump and it eventually grenades you will be looking at a huge repair bill.

Better check the price for those diesel engines. Had a new crate 6.7L engine put in the truck in October 2014. Back then the engine was almost $16,000 and the installation at the Ford dealer was $23,800. Fellow here in the park had his 2015, 6.7L Ford take a dump. A remanufactured engine installed is $15,000.

No way would I take a chance on that contaminated fuel unless it was run through a proper oil/water separator.

Ken

A few raindrops will settle out and be separated in your water filter. At worst case you will get a 'Water in fuel ' check light.
If you do, stop as soon as it is safe, , open the drain on the bottom of the filter and let it drain until the droplets 'sheet off' no longer 'beading off ' as droplets. A few pumps on the primer pump will help.
Use of a diesel fuel conditioner like Howes, Sea Foam or Diesel Service will dissipate water , for dissipation, not ridding the water.
Even treated dissipated water is harmful to common rail HPS diesel pumps.
Avoid the issue, deal with it, do not try to 'treat'' it away.

MFL wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Water will settle to the bottom, it will roll around on the bottom looking like mercury. Slowly pour it into another container thru cheesecloth until the water is close to coming out. Now let the new container set for a day and then pour most of it into your truck.

Slosh around the containers and then pour out and let them set upside down to drain. Done!!!

I agree, water is heavier, and your description may be a doable solution, if there is no way to replace the fuel. I have to know, is this what you would do, fresh fuel readily available, or would you be more inclined to follow my advice, previously posted?

No reply needed...I already know. :C

Jerry

Since we are talking about a fuel container that most likely you can look into with a flashlight you would be able to see if the fuel has water and or debris in it. Not everyone has a creosote treated power pole at their property line as I do.

If I only saw water I would have ZERO issue doing as I said earlier. If full of crud then the power pole would get some preservative.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Water will settle to the bottom, it will roll around on the bottom looking like mercury. Slowly pour it into another container thru cheesecloth until the water is close to coming out. Now let the new container set for a day and then pour most of it into your truck.

Slosh around the containers and then pour out and let them set upside down to drain. Done!!!

This is the best advice here. The water WILL settle to the bottom, so don't pour the entire container into the clean container. Just let the clean container sit to make sure you didn't pour too much fuel out. As someone else mentioned, use the bottom fuel to start a fire.

I would never knowingly put contaminated fuel into a truck with a $10,000 engine. If water makes it to the injector pump and it eventually grenades you will be looking at a huge repair bill.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Water will settle to the bottom, it will roll around on the bottom looking like mercury. Slowly pour it into another container thru cheesecloth until the water is close to coming out. Now let the new container set for a day and then pour most of it into your truck.

Slosh around the containers and then pour out and let them set upside down to drain. Done!!!

I agree, water is heavier, and your description may be a doable solution, if there is no way to replace the fuel. I have to know, is this what you would do, fresh fuel readily available, or would you be more inclined to follow my advice, previously posted?

No reply needed...I already know. :C

Jerry

TXiceman wrote:
Water and diesel engines do not mix, except in the radiator. Just dump the fuel. But dumping will be an issue for the environment.

Ken

Sinner!

Water and diesel engines do not mix, except in the radiator. Just dump the fuel. But dumping will be an issue for the environment.

Ken

Water will settle to the bottom, it will roll around on the bottom looking like mercury. Slowly pour it into another container thru cheesecloth until the water is close to coming out. Now let the new container set for a day and then pour most of it into your truck.

Slosh around the containers and then pour out and let them set upside down to drain. Done!!!

Trackrig wrote:
And I wouldn't worry about it. If you were driving, then the majority of the rain blew over the bed of the truck. The 10 drops that went in it will be caught by your water filter.

Bill

I once drove in a heavy downpour for 30 minutes. In the back of my pickup truck I had an empty 5 gallon bucket except for the 2 wheel chocks in it. I was stunned when I looked inside the bucket and there was no water.