thumper 549

I woul like to see apoll of how many of us have actually had the WIF light come on????????????
I know I am on a Rant but ,I have not had any problems with water sence the early 80s ( when they got rid of the extra sullfer)
So am I lucky or has that been your exp.?

BBWD

Never had the light come on. Never had water in fuel (check it each time I change the fuel filter.

John (DH)

Haulin_in_Dixie

Never had water in the fuel in the Dodge, check it often.

Steve Roseman

I know as soon as I say I've never had water in my fuel, it will happen to me.
Only time my light ever comes on is when I wash the truck.

Yamadad

Mine has never come on. Here in california, all of the tanks are new, so there should be no water. That's one of the reasons we pay so much for gas.

pappyman

Had WIF twice...once from my own storage tank on the farm....the other time I got fuel from a small Ma & Pa station never had any troubles from it other then draining the water out till it was gone

Dieseldude4x4

Came on in my 99 and had so much water it shut the truck down. The station I use to buy fuel at kept too much fuel in their water tanks. Don't buy there any more.

Came on in my 89 but the connector was wet.

spots

Had a 7.3 quit on the road once. Cold as ......... was driving down the road, light came on, and it quit about 15 seconds later. Towed to my shop, put in the heat overnight, replaced fuel filter (it had lots of water in it) put anti water stuff in the tank and was fine. Only time (knock on wood). I try to buy from reputable places, and drain the thigiemajig every so often. It is due now actually. Be right back....

MikeyB

Only happened once to my family. Early 1980's with my Dad's 300D Mercedes. So much water in the fuel we ended up draining the tank. 30yrs of owning diesel cars, pickups and tractors.

MikeyB

infidel

45 years of diesel trucks and tractors. The only time I've ever had water in fuel was from a portable truck bed tank that somehow leaked rain in. It ended up in the tank pump's filter and caused no problem. Never any water in the Dodges, I quit worrying about opening the filter drain years ago.

erics76

Have had a 93, and 2-02's, and I've never opened the drain, and never had the light come on.

wannadiesel

In my Dodge, no. When I drove school buses, the ones with the DT466 came on to let you know it was cold and rainy - just in case you hadn't noticed.

cp

Used to drain LOTS of water out of the big trucks, like 4 to 8 ounces per day. I just drained the new Dodge (it has 8500 miles) into a bottle and looked at it and couldn't see any.

Water in fuel is an unavoidable fact of life, especially in underground tanks. The EPA is responsible for some of it because of vapor recovery which allows warm, moist air to come into contact with cooler surfaces. Why the water separator on these Cummins engines doesn't seem to trap any is something of a mystery to me.

phox_mulder

I tried to drain mine every fillup like the manual says when I first got it.
Couldn't ever get anything to come out (water or fuel) so I gave up.

I drain the cannister into a bottle each filter change and let it sit to see if anything seperates out, never seen so much as a bubble of water.

I've never seen the WIF light come on other than during self test (key on prior to start).

I guess I'm lucky to get fuel from good sources. (knock on wood)



phox

chuck3

Never. Try and buy fuel at only couple places when at home, but when I'm on the road I try to stop at truck stops, there I know they roll over alot of fuel.
Don't drain mine anymore, heard of too many guys lever sticking open and not resealing causing leakage.