Do I need to drop the tank and clean it our just put treatment in the tank and change filters clean everthing else?? Im putting a 2mic filter after this ourdeal.. The crap in my fuel system took out my injectors

 

How long did it have to sit to get algae in the tank?

 

trucks been sitting for about three months. Im not sure if I got a bad tank of fuel three months ago when the truck started running bad our if the injector went bad and then i let it sit for three months waiting for parts and then the maybe the algae grew in the tank and messed up the new injectors??

 

Pumped fuel out of tank and it smells sweet like sugar? cut Fass filter open and it looked like syrup in the bottom and it smells like sugar.

I Dont think its algea?

 

Anyone mad at you? Sounds like someone dumped sugar in your tank.

 

There is algae in all diesel fuel... The fuel conditioner I use has an algaecide in it to help control the growth. Its always gonna be there, its just a matter of keeping it down to a level that doesn't hurt the engine.

 

what does the algea look like? The crap in the bottom of my filters looks like clear syrup..

 

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Algae looks like black mud. Often a dirty fuel filter will not have dirt in it but algae in it. Looks the same. If you plan to leave the truck sitting for a while it's best to fill the tank so it can't breath with the temperature changes and get more atmospheric moisture in there.

I would not drop the tank but put in some algaecide and plan on changing the filter several times at shorter intervals until they start looking clean.

Wetspirit

 

Its not algea, Someone put brown sugar in my tank Its like syrup and I tasted it and it was sugar... Fuel is still clear tank has no algea inside just sugar,, buttom of the filters look like they have syrup in them..

This is going to be a ***** to clean out all this stuff.

 

If you find out who did it string'em up.

 

Run BioDiesel and you won't have that problem. It cleans out everthing

 

Dan,
Really sorry to hear about that.
Time for a locking gas cap! (that is also the reason I run one).