Originally Posted by Mister Byrnzoil

Folks have been left stranded b/c the tank strainer clogged. Theres pretty much no way your gonna repair that by the side of the road. ('cept maybe if you have the capability of backflushing your fuel lines w/ clean diesel or air)

I had a very bad case of algae/fungus/whatever and I clogged primary filters left and right, but I could still drive it well into the reserve, and had no power loss w/ clean filters. Further, when I change primary filters I usually park facing uphill to prevent the healthy stream of fuel from hittin the ground.

I'm pretty sure the previous owner removed the mesh from the in-tank strainer... and that might be the only good thing he did for this car.

Cheers,
Robert

ps. Larger boating stores are a great place to find diesel fuel additives, but they are usually more expensive