Bio-Diesel - sludge

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   My AC 715B quit a few weeks back and was having starter problems . Ordered a new E-bay starter for the Perkins and works great - well except engine turns over well but didn't start . Changed out fuel filters and using primer on fuel pump got system primes or so I thought . 
 Ends up the fuel tank and lines were full of sludge from the bio-diesel and reaction to air or water or something else , as brown black sludge covered everything in tank .
 Son drained fuel , washed out tank several times with non-bio diesel filled tank and thing started in couple tries with a shot of either .
 He had 10 gallons of non-bio fuel on his work truck as that company buys non-bio fuel ONLY as any and all their mobile equipment has had problems with the fuel with soy-oil in it .

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Coke-in-MN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Points: 42014	Post Options Post Reply Quote Coke-in-MN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Bio-Diesel - sludge Posted: 1 hour 57 minutes ago at 2:33pm
	My AC 715B quit a few weeks back and was having starter problems . Ordered a new E-bay starter for the Perkins and works great - well except engine turns over well but didn't start . Changed out fuel filters and using primer on fuel pump got system primes or so I thought . Ends up the fuel tank and lines were full of sludge from the bio-diesel and reaction to air or water or something else , as brown black sludge covered everything in tank . Son drained fuel , washed out tank several times with non-bio diesel filled tank and thing started in couple tries with a shot of either . He had 10 gallons of non-bio fuel on his work truck as that company buys non-bio fuel ONLY as any and all their mobile equipment has had problems with the fuel with soy-oil in it .
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DiyDave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 54301	Post Options Post Reply Quote DiyDave Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 4 minutes ago at 4:26pm
	Likely its algae...
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