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You would think the filter would take care of things that could be harmful. But myself I'm not sure I would. Is it worth the few $$ of fuel "if" something else should happen? For me I'd say no.</div>
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Myself I would use the fuel for other purposes. Parts cleaning solvent. Mix 50/50 with used motor oil makes a good brush pile starter or to use the 50/50 mix on wood trailer decking (although be careful as it can be slick after a rain).</div>
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But that's just my .02.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Stephen Offiler <soffiler@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 21, 2021 9:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique tractor email discussion group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [AT] Diesel Fuel Question</font>
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<div>I recently discovered I have a diesel fuel leak, and while trying to find time for diagnosis and repair, I started parking the tractor over a big drip-pan. The pan collected roughly a gallon over the course of ... well, I can't say precisely but around
a week or two. That fuel dripped thru the normal grime found on engines, so it's pretty dirty. (And I since discovered that turning off the fuel petcock effectively controls the leak)<br>
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<div>I have filtered it multiple times. First thru paper towel; clogged three or four getting that done. Next thru coffee filters, again, it took 4 to finish the job. Finally thru a Covid mask (regular surgical type not N95). That one never clogged and
captured very minimal additional material.</div>
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<div>What I have now is therefore free of particulate big enough to catch in coffee filters and surgical masks. It remains discolored; if fresh diesel was the color of Budweiser, this stuff looks like a nice brown ale.</div>
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<div>What says the list? Burn it? Will the tractor's fuel filter take out everything big enough to cause problems with the pump or injectors? (Seems like that should be a design criteria for that filter, no?) If I do burn it, I will dilute it about 5:1
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<div>If I don't burn it, it will eventually be carted away to our local Hazardous Waste Day held annually about 25 miles from here - I manage to remember and get over there only about once every 3-5 years.</div>
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<div>Steve O.<br>
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