Is this the BUG ?

[PGD]

Here's the situation

New instalation of engine etc two years ago.
Stanless steel tank, all cleaned out and changed from petrol to diesel.
Pre filter installed.
Dosed with S*****N from day one and at each fill up.
Tank topped up each Winter. Fuel cap threads greased.

Forgot to change filters last year so they are two years old. Ooopps!/forums/images/icons/frown.gif

Full of black sludge, but engine and heater run ok.


Also have you heared of Fuel Set similiar to S****N but seems to be endorsed by every man and his dog in the industry?

Should I switch and can you mix them?

Cheers

Peter

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[hlb]

If you have not changed your filters in two years they will be full of sludge, wont they, thats what there for!!. Whether it's the bug or not, hard to tell from here. But if you have had Soltron in, I cant see it being the bug. Put some fresh filters in and see how you go.

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[tcm]

yes i have heard of Fuel Set. Not sure it is the same thing

My engines slowed after a long 10-hour trip, but then recovered full revs so thought no more about it. Then put recommended amount of Fuel Set in. Then, after another long jaunt, same thing again.

Spose no additive will clear a totally gunked-up filter than can hardly let any fuel at all in. I cleared the blaockage, then had the same thing again, then cleared the blockage for a third time, and put in some s****n, and no grief since then . This is not conclusive poroof in favour of the unmentionable stuff, but certainly not a bad report.



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[PGD]

Ha ha /forums/images/icons/smile.gif and what do you mean hard to tell from here, try looking closer !!!! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[duncan]

(1) black sludge doesn't seem to scream 'BUG' - jellyish. frogsspawn, spring more to mind from my brief experience.
(2) soltron and fuelset work differently according to the experts (and they will no doubt get to this thread and help us all in due course!) so unless fuelset kills soltron mixing them shouldn't be a problem per se. However fuelset kills bugs which will then clog filters untill they are all gone whilst soltron breaks them down to pass through the filters.

Sounds like you have aquired physically dirty fuel and the filters are doing a good job as hlb suggests................ but I am not sure from your post if it is the pre filter or filters that are full of sludge?

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[PGD]

Yes the engineer that did the service stated fuel filter full of black sludge.

Peter

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[DepSol]

Pete

Its very difficult to say what you have got from your description and where it came from. I very much doubt that there would be enough in a boat like yours after the tank was cleaned professionally to accumulate and reckon it could be more of a case of it was put in there.

Need to speak to you on the phone to find out more on what it is but in any case double dose it to be sure.

Also have you lost any revs had any loss of power etc etc. These are alll factors as "someone saying it was covered in sludge" could be that person exaggerating a little as some people do.

Lets talk then we can post the findings from our conversation on here. As Duncan says he knows what the bug looks like and has had his tanks treated.

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[DepSol]

After chatting to Peter today it seems funny that the heater with its small fuel pipe and filter did not get blocked and also there prior to the filter change was no discolouration in the seperator. The only evidence is that the engineer said the filters were chocca with slime but Peter has seen nothing to back this.

Keep monitoring it Peter and let us know.

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