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Yeah i notice that similar effect on top of a newly refilled tank here what is that ??? another local suppler now offering FAME free but its 3.5ppl extraThis is our latest fill from grangemouth. It is winter grade . So far all been ok but I've been adding a maintenance dose of biocide and additive for over a year , to every storage tank fill .
Plastic tank? They are worse than a steel tank for condensation, algae soon forms and multiplies.This is our latest fill from grangemouth. It is winter grade . So far all been ok but I've been adding a maintenance dose of biocide and additive for over a year , to every storage tank fill .
in similar boat, 2 micron on tank, additive in tank, modern tractors struggling for any more than 200 hours to a set of filters.Yea , suffering from fuel issues again, 12 months from previous problem . However , it's only the JD machine having problems, 2x NH, JCB and a case all running fine but JD doing around 18 hours (from new filters) before throwing up a low fuel pressure error code which automatically de rates engine 15 % which then makes machine completely gutless . Got a 2 micron filter on main tank outlet, use additive and tank was new in August, getting very frustrated . Fuel samples sent off , awaiting results.
Yes plastic stored inside .Plastic tank? They are worse than a steel tank for condensation, algae soon forms and multiplies.
Dunno what FAME is, but we basically have 2 grades of diesel ( no white / red bullshiît. It’s just all diesel. The diesel out of the pump in town is the same as the diesel in tractors on farm ), summer & winter. The summer fuel apparently has higher level of wax in it, which can cause problems when it gets cold.
Anyway, one year we were planting wheat, running 24 hours a day, into a dry lakebed. Being a lake, naturally it was a depression / lowest point around & the cold air just “flowed” into it like water.
We had an old Case 870 FEL tractor, to pick up the bulka bags of starter fert, a 1418 Mercedes semi trailer with seed & various assorted 75 series Landcruiser utes floating around.
One night, the official recorded temp dropped to -7 C, so would have been colder in the bottom of the lake. EVERY diesel vehicle in the district that wasn’t under cover that night wouldn’t start until about 10.00 am, once things warmed up. Chrys ( who was doing the night shift on my tractor & was due to knock off at 6.00am ) could see what was coming & started his Toyota at about 2.00am & just left it idling for 4 hours so he could drive home
Anyway, we spent a couple of hours trying to start this Case in the morning. Pulled the fuel bowl / strainer from the bottom of the tank - it was full of frozen wax & the little bit of fuel that dribbled out of the tank crystallised as soon as it hit the cold ground. I have never seen that before or since.
Anyway, that was because it was an early cold snap & everyone was still running summer diesel that was still in storage tanks
brief description here
Guide to FAME Biodiesel
Information on FAME Biodiesel, (also known as Fatty Acid Methyl Ester fuel). Find out what it is, its uses & more. Click to learn morewww.crownoil.co.uk
Dunno what FAME is, but we basically have 2 grades of diesel ( no white / red bullshiît. It’s just all diesel. The diesel out of the pump in town is the same as the diesel in tractors on farm ), summer & winter. The summer fuel apparently has higher level of wax in it, which can cause problems when it gets cold.
Anyway, one year we were planting wheat, running 24 hours a day, into a dry lakebed. Being a lake, naturally it was a depression / lowest point around & the cold air just “flowed” into it like water.
We had an old Case 870 FEL tractor, to pick up the bulka bags of starter fert, a 1418 Mercedes semi trailer with seed & various assorted 75 series Landcruiser utes floating around.
One night, the official recorded temp dropped to -7 C, so would have been colder in the bottom of the lake. EVERY diesel vehicle in the district that wasn’t under cover that night wouldn’t start until about 10.00 am, once things warmed up. Chrys ( who was doing the night shift on my tractor & was due to knock off at 6.00am ) could see what was coming & started his Toyota at about 2.00am & just left it idling for 4 hours so he could drive home
Anyway, we spent a couple of hours trying to start this Case in the morning. Pulled the fuel bowl / strainer from the bottom of the tank - it was full of frozen wax & the little bit of fuel that dribbled out of the tank crystallised as soon as it hit the cold ground. I have never seen that before or since.
Anyway, that was because it was an early cold snap & everyone was still running summer diesel that was still in storage tanks
Yeah in a nutshell likely...sounds like the waxy deposits I was talking about I suppose