What is this gunk in my fuel filter?
My onan diesel generator recently stopped running. I found that the fuel filter was clogged with some sort of reddish/brown gunk that looked like mud or dirt. I changed the filter and now the generato...
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wagonmaster2 wrote:I use to deliver a lot of ARCO stations on weekends because their drivers were off. ARCO use to have a policy of not pumping product for 1 hour after the fuel transport left the station. Don't think they do anymore. Other companies kept right on pumping while we dumped.
I'll always by-pass a station if I see a tanker filling the tanks (at least ask the driver if he's dumping diesel or gasoline as I'm using diesel) but is there anyway to know whether or not a tanker may have just left the station? How long after a delivery would you guess it takes for the gunk to settle back to the bottom of the tank?
wagonmaster2 wrote:The tanks are set up with the fill pipe about 6 inches off the bottom of the tank. We were required to dip the tank with water paste to determine how much water was in the tank. Had to write it on the delivery receipt. It was seldom over 3 inches, usually much less. The station managers were "suppose to" pump the water out daily each morning. This is why you are smart to avoid a station or truckstop that is getting a delivery.
Do you have any idea how far off the bottom of the fuel tanks the pick-up might be for the pumps we are using to fill our RVs with? Are we always using off the bottom of the fuel storage tanks?
