Maybe I'm speaking too soon......and the diesel gods may strike me down for saying this.....but I've outlasted the gunk.

Seriously, I had the Por15 tank cleaner in my online shopping cart, Dave Morrison's directions on dropping the fuel tank printed out.....and I was just waiting until my reserve light came on....

and then a funny thing happened - my prefilter stopped clogging. It's still got some rust in it....but not enough to shut me down like before.

Currently, I've gone about 700 miles (2.5 weeks) without flushing the prefilter - and as I posted before, I could only go about 100-200 miles before until I was completely fuel starved. Needless to say, I don't miss pumping the primer. I only ran that original dosage of Startron through - and I've been dosing with Powerservice ever since. I'm guessing I changed (flushed) the prefilter 20 times since my original post.

So anway, I just thought I'd provide an update (as non-informative and apathetic as the solution was) because people always complain about never posting back with the result. So there's your result, don't do anything - just keep driving.

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1981 240d - 135k - Arlene

worked for me on my 79 too... drive, change, drive change, put in BIG filter, drive, change... done.

LOL

appropriate thought for a german car.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.