Post by Rich Waugh on Dec 20, 2013 21:14:39 GMT -5
Hi all, I need some guidance on an issue with my tractor.
I went out to day to start it up and move it, and it barely started, running on what seemed to be only one cylinder and was pouring out great volumes of white smoke. Checking revealed the fuel in the sediment bowl was cloudy with obvious water sediment in the bottom. I presume this got in the tank through condensation primarily, since we've had about a month or more of heavy rains interspersed with very hot sunny days and the tank was down to about two or three gallons of fuel. My oversight. I do know better, but I was lured into a false sense of security because it is parked under cover. What didn't register with me was that the cover had deteriorated so badly that i t might as well have been nonexistent.
I drained most of the fuel from the tank and dumped in a bottle of diesel additive I had on hand, pulled the feed line at the banjo fitting on the bottom of the priming pump, and cleared the sediment bowl. My question is, what next? I have a gallon of denatured alcohol on hand. Can I dump that in the fuel tank to get the remaining water to mix with the diesel and drain it out?
Due to my health issues with the recurrence of my cancer, I need to sell this thing and need it running and looking good. I'd prefer, of course, not to have to remove the tank since the loader is parked on the ground and would have to be raised to get to the tank. Will I need to pull the injectors or can I just prime and bleed the system and then start it up?
All advice is sincerely appreciated.
I went out to day to start it up and move it, and it barely started, running on what seemed to be only one cylinder and was pouring out great volumes of white smoke. Checking revealed the fuel in the sediment bowl was cloudy with obvious water sediment in the bottom. I presume this got in the tank through condensation primarily, since we've had about a month or more of heavy rains interspersed with very hot sunny days and the tank was down to about two or three gallons of fuel. My oversight. I do know better, but I was lured into a false sense of security because it is parked under cover. What didn't register with me was that the cover had deteriorated so badly that i t might as well have been nonexistent.
I drained most of the fuel from the tank and dumped in a bottle of diesel additive I had on hand, pulled the feed line at the banjo fitting on the bottom of the priming pump, and cleared the sediment bowl. My question is, what next? I have a gallon of denatured alcohol on hand. Can I dump that in the fuel tank to get the remaining water to mix with the diesel and drain it out?
Due to my health issues with the recurrence of my cancer, I need to sell this thing and need it running and looking good. I'd prefer, of course, not to have to remove the tank since the loader is parked on the ground and would have to be raised to get to the tank. Will I need to pull the injectors or can I just prime and bleed the system and then start it up?
All advice is sincerely appreciated.