black fuel

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  1. beagle01

    beagle01 Bobtail Member

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    have a 2001 with a series 60 detroit 12.7. the fuel is black and the fuel tanks have a black residue in them. it smokes black and the fuel mileage has droped to 5 mpg. it idles for aprox 30 min. amd starts to miss. any ideas??? have had fuel tested.... high particulates...14%. nobody can give me any info....HELP Please.
     
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  3. Mommas_money_maker

    Mommas_money_maker Road Train Member

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    Last time fuel filter was changed? Do you have a davco fuel filter or stock setup? Sounds like bio fuel crap growing in your tanks but could be something else. Has truck sat around at all and where did you last fuel up at?
     
  4. Driver of the year

    Driver of the year Medium Load Member

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    Probably need both fuel tanks washed out.
     
  5. Dieselwrangler

    Dieselwrangler Light Load Member

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    Injector seals leaking letting soot into the fuel
     
  6. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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    fuel algae from the sounds of it.

    Clean it or biocide treat the tanks.

    Either way, you are going to have fun cleaning this up.
     
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  7. beagle01

    beagle01 Bobtail Member

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    stock filters, changed several times in last 10,000 miles. fuel test says no algea and or water. and fueled at same fuel stops as our other trucks and no issues with other trucks
     
  8. beagle01

    beagle01 Bobtail Member

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    thought about injector issue but tested for air in fuel and have none. if injector letting carbon in fuel would it not have air from the combustion chamber also???
     
  9. nasriza

    nasriza Road Train Member

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    Is it possible you're tanks are dirty or someone put something in the tank first thing I would do is take the fuel lines of the top of the trans and run it from a separate container of clean fuel you can add about 1 qt of 15w40 oil in about 5 gallon bucket and run both supply and return in separate containers that way you can see if it cleans up the fuel or when it does if it doesn't then It had to be an engine issue but try running it from a clean container of fuel with a small mix of oil
     
  10. Mommas_money_maker

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    First get rid of the stock filters when you can and change over to a DAVCO filter setup, much better system and you can see the fuel in the filter setup. If its Algae from biofuel then, you will have to treat several times and filter change several times before it goes away. Its typically black looking like you are describing but so is leaking injectors which goes into a bigger issue of needing a six pack of injectors real soon. You can replace one but what happens typically is that the others are soon to go also and then you end up paying more money in the long run. Have you had an overhead done? ever?
     
  11. beagle01

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    overhead was just done at freightliner and there is no algea acording to the lab,,, fuel has been tested and no algea or water
     
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