BlackLibertyCRD wrote:
I'm still going to sell it as this experiment is too temperamental...
To be fair, bad fuel will take down any diesel engine.
Be thankful that the CRD has a plastic fuel tank...
At work I drive a GMC6500 with a CAT engine.
During a drive down south I filled up and about 30 miles later the engine was running rough.
Poured in some diesel 911 and it didn't help. 20 miles later I was limping along I-95 at 15mph.
Took forever to get to a parts store that had filters for it.
Changed one of the filters and mud came out.
Got the truck back on the road and completed the trip without having to get a tow.
I now carry 6 spare fuel filter (this truck has two) in the truck just in case.
In this case, the problem was not bad fuel. The metal fuel tanks had all kinds of rust and scale inside and all that crap plugged up the filters.