Diesel

[kiwiland dexta]

Has anyone experience with what tolerance older tractors have for diesel that has absorbed water? In my work here we had a 1000 liter road tanker that sat for several months, when we used some it caused a Hilux vehicle to need workshop time to bleed clean fuel through. Some forums claim older tractors have a better tolerance. I have pumped the affected diesel into 200 L barrels and my employer says I am welcome to it.
Opinions?

[Billy26F5]

I don't know if there is more tolerance for water, but I would definitely want to avoid water getting in anyway. I would drain that fuel slowly to avoid the water getting in, other than that I would go for it, and the water affected stuff can be used for other things. I suspect that Hilux took just about all the water anyway, as the water will sink to the very bottom of the tank. I would definitely get that if I were ever offered it, as then we wouldn't need to get any more for a very long time.
Sandy

[kiwiland dexta]

Sounds sensible advice, the outlet for the tanker is as you would expect, at the bottom so the water would feed through first.