Thread: Contaminated diesel!

When I built up this Hilux for overland travel, one of the first things I added was a Fuel Manager 100 diesel pre-filter with water trap and alarm.

Today, 6½ years later, the alarm went off for the first time.

Luckily it was just down the road from home and even more luckily I had just missed the special on the diesel at Gull, so hadn’t filled up. The vehicle has a steel Longranger 140L tank so that would have been a massive irritation. I reckon there’s still at least 60L in there. Hopefully I won’t need to drain everything out of the tank, just whatever contaminants are in the bottom. We’ll see.

Anyway here’s a couple of pictures of what was in the water trap, demonstrating that these excellent Fuel Manager products really do work. When the alarm went off we knew exactly what it was because it goes off every time you start the vehicle to test for circuit continuity. Bloody pleased this shit didn’t make it into the factory filter or even worse into the fuel pump and injectors…

Bloody hell that is some messy looking contaminant.

years back we bought a triton, after a few months it spluttered like hell, diesel filter was 1/2 full of water

great you got to it in time...we filled up at lake brumner a couple of years back and terrano spluttered and farted all the way home,no power,lots of smoke and drank fuel...refilled tank at smithfield and it pretty much came right...filters were replaced and injectors etc cleaned...yip full of crap.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Bloody hell that is some messy looking contaminant.

Geeze Rushy, this looks close to your favourite beer?

Don't get him started lol. At least it's not diesel bug. The trap did what it's supposed to do.

Originally Posted by Maca49

Geeze Rushy, this looks close to your favourite beer?

No mate it looks like some sissy lager not a real beer like I drink.

fuel doctor that milky mess - dont worry about draining or removing if its to much of a faf around - fuel doctor does the trick - its what aussie truckers use for tainted fuel in the outback
https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/f...002880#start=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmA-ymsKHxE

Originally Posted by Carbine

fuel doctor that milky mess - dont worry about draining or removing if its to much of a faf around - fuel doctor does the trick - its what aussie truckers use for tainted fuel in the outback
https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/f...002880#start=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmA-ymsKHxE

Not a faf around at all. 80L container is ready, two jacks, axle stands, 6mm Allen socket, long 3/8” drive bar, Permatex gasket maker and a new 10mm fibre washer. All set and ready to go. That shit is coming out!

Got the injectors replaced in my truck, now needing an injector pump too. Most likely shit diesel they reckon. Not a pleasant bill.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Not a faf around at all. 80L container is ready, two jacks, axle stands, 6mm Allen socket, long 3/8” drive bar, Permatex gasket maker and a new 10mm fibre washer. All set and ready to go. That shit is coming out!

find some gorse and/or wasp nests and use that diesel to make the world a better place.

So is this a recent batch of contaminated diesel being sold thru gas stations up & down the country??? And if so, why has the public not been informed??

Fark, lucky. I put one in a hilux when I bought it at 60,000km. Unfortunately too late, a few tanks later buggered injectors and cracked pistons. Tank had a lot of water and crap in it. Dump it and flush the tank if you can.


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Originally Posted by chainsaw

So is this a recent batch of contaminated diesel being sold thru gas stations up & down the country??? And if so, why has the public not been informed??

Because they'll require a sample to test, full volume measurements, itemised receipts to indicate that the entire time period in question was filled up at their outlet and if it's outlets not just one they'll shrug at you, as well as that they'll require a full service history including when the fuel filter and tank was last serviced and even with all of that they'll likely tell you that no one else has complained and that they turn over their entire service station stock in three days so it doesn't hang around long enough to develop bug.

In my case the tank had recently been out to change out the lift pump/sender and they still denied it...

Originally Posted by Maca49

Geeze Rushy, this looks close to your favourite beer?

@Maca49, no religious discussion on the forum, please.