BITTEN BY THE DREADED DIESEL BUG! EP58
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มี.ค. 2024
- It's the words that strike fear into the heart of any seafarer... diesel bug.
The nasty dark gummy slime that coats your tank - hoses and filters and eventually ruins your engine... the voracious little bugger doubles in size every 20 minutes... its like aliens but there's no Sigourney Weaver to save you... we have it, and we can't get rid of it!
Yeah good episode 👍
You should spray lanolin on your outside of the tank and wipe it with a rag will stop the oxidation and protects it ..enjoy 👍🍻
The NZ Navy has to fork out 10 million dollars to fix their 4 year old flagship after diesel contamination..
If your injectors have a return to tank hose, that is actually what a polishing system does... The term polishing describes that process... For the injectors to return to tank, first the fuel has to go through your existing engine filters... Best bet is to stop the bug from starting... Drain off the water trap in the tank every month, and dose the diesel with a conditioner every fill up... issue solved...
Awesome video, how good is the surf, ballsey staying through the cyclone season but you guys nailed it. Well done.
I met a boatie the other day that said ethanol kills that diesel bug (he's a master of ships and started as a chemist in the Navy)
They have an additive for the micro biological stuff... otherwise... install a fuel polishing system... Anyone with a diesel or has had one on a boat has had to deal with this devilish problem. Kinda like the Gremlin movie..hahaha
Hi Robert - thanks mate - yeah I looked into those polishing systems - but they are expensive and I don't really have the space in my engine bay. I'm tipping in a little additive now and then these days. But it was so bad in that Genny tank I just had a new one made!
Fuel doctor every 2nd tank does the trick 🍻
Polishing systems don't need to be expensive, made mine with an off the shelf filter and housing a cheap 12v pump and a length of fuel hose.@@SailingSVRio