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Old 11-17-2009, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by okyoureabeast View Post
Turquoise is the color diesel should be. Under different color temperatures it changes however. Blue/green is ok. Algae looks like coffee grounds.
There in lies the problem for me...turquoise looks green to me. To the rest of the world it looks blue.


James, the pic looks like dirty fuel to me. Mine I can definitely see through. Have you changed out the fuel filters yet?

There are two ways to look at cleaning the tank.
1- Add cleaners. This will loosed/remove junk but it will get caught in your filters requiring changes, perhaps multiple changes.

2- Drop the tank and clean it.

I've heard a few people say they went route #1 but in hindsight they wish they had gone route #2.

I would think the first step would be to pull the tank screen and check it out. It works best when your tank is near empty (so you don't have to drain as much fuel obvioulsy).
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