Fungus in Diesel Tanks?

Hi.
Yes, is a well non problem. Algae will grow in diesel. Can be prevented with certain additives.

Cheers

and just wait until the problem starts getting into the 'new' common rail diesels now on offer. those poor little puegeots and golfs and astras and others won't know what has hit them. pick up the additive from any distributor and use the correct dose for your tank size. if you already have it then the only real way to fix it is to drain and physically remove the brown muck from the tank - once you have started to dose the tank you need to continue. there was a filter system called 'de-bug' but i'm not sure if that is still available. as much as it was a mystery i was once changing filters every 10hrs and after shovelling out the tanks (not a 4wd) and fitting these filters no problem again - mind you i was also 'kill dosing' every fill. and don't worry about the distributors as they will all tell you their fuel is clean - bull bleep . rgds

As I understand the problem it you have to have some water present for it to start to grow. So if you can avoids any condensation forming in your tank you should have no problem. This is probably where the 'keep your tank full' theory comes from as condensation forms from water vapour in the air above the fuel.

The 'Bug' is normally Cladisporium Resinae which grows at the interface between the diesel and the water which is usually present in fuel tanks. As stated above the water comes mainly from condesation so keeping your tank as full as possible is very beneficial. Most modern vehicles are fitted with very effective filters and there is usually sufficient space under the fuel intake point to ensure that it does not cause a problem unless the water level rises considerably. There certainly are additives on the market which will 'kill' the bug. Check to see if your fuel tank has a low point drain and if so you can regularly drop a litre to ensure that the water is kept in check.

Kevin J

yeh a futch will fix that problem....yeh I reckon....

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Thanks for the info guys. I don't have any problems at the moment, only that I heard of this algae growing and wanted to ask others about it. If the tank is filled up at each filling, would this more than likely stop the algae from growing?

I don't bother with additives if I'm doing plenty of km. But if I'm just pottering around town, I keep the tanks full and use Chemtech which contains a biocide.

Philip
The hand book for the Mercedes and Pug diesels I own both say that any fuel additives used in these vehicles will void the warranty. They recomend draining the fuel filter on a regular basis. The only times I have seen this algi in vehicles is tractors that only get used once a year for harvesting. Eric