[AT] D2 Diesel fuel has gone bad

[rlgoss at twc.com]

That algae will grow in any diesel fuel.  Once it gets started, it continues on like yeast.

Larry
---- Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote: 
> Bio diesel only has a life of 6 months.
> It could be algae....
> 
> Cecil in OKla
> 
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> On 4/28/2015 5:00 PM, William Powell wrote:
> > My father's 1956 Caterpillar D2 fuel has gone bad. He had it sitting since
> > November. He just opened the tank and notice that fuel smells bad. It also
> > rusted that the dipstick was rusty where it had been in the fuel. The area
> > not in the fuel was fine. It looks like the fuel has become acidic.
> >
> > So, now what? How should he clean it out? If he gets new fuel should he be
> > putting in some kind additive?
> >
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