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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2007Contaminated Diesel Fuel ???
2000 express van diesel engine, fuel contaminated, fuel appears cloudy(milky). shop has drained the tank and changed filter however vehicle still won't start.they are suggesting a $3,000 injector pump. Any thoughts on possible contaimination, could the pump be worn out 200,000miles.API index is 38 of recovered fuel. On Jun 21, 11:29 pm, gdmckni...@netscape.net wrote: > 2000 express van diesel engine, fuel contaminated, fuel appears > cloudy(milky). Water. shop has drained the tank and changed filter however > vehicle still won't start.they are suggesting a $3,000 injector pump. Is this shop familiar with diesel motors? > Any thoughts on possible contaimination, could the pump be worn out > 200,000miles. Yes it could very well be. > API index is 38 of recovered fuel. I have no experience with this vehicle, but we had an old VW Golf diesel that suddenly began suffering from water in the fuel. I assumed I had gotten a bad tank of fuel, but it turned out that the filler tube, which was exposed to spray from the rear right wheel, had rusted out on the top side, so whenever you were driving in wet condition, you would slowly fill the tank with water and grime. >2000 express van diesel engine, fuel contaminated, fuel appears >cloudy(milky). shop has drained the tank and changed filter however >vehicle still won't start.they are suggesting a $3,000 injector pump. Measure the pressure coming out of the pump. If it's okay, you are more likely to have clogged injectors. If it's not, pull the pump and clean it out. >Any thoughts on possible contaimination, could the pump be worn out >200,000miles.API index is 38 of recovered fuel. Maybe, but you don't know until you take it apart. It could be gummed up by contaminated fuel and just need to be torn down and cleaned. It could be worn out. Or it could be fine. --scott  Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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