PS Magazine - APRIL 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 353
APRIL 1982
Water changes THe color of tHis paste. Fuel does not± You smear tHe paste on
a clean stick. Insert tHe stick down into tHe fUel unt²l you toucH bottom. Pull it
³out and c´eck tHe color of tHe paste. Iµ tHe colo¶ Has cHanged, you've got water ²n
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your fuel tank.
You may not need to dra²n tHe tank completely. Water settles to tHe bottom,
so catcH a sample ²n a clean glaSs jar as you drain. CHeck it. ·ater will sHow up
as a clear or dirty gray layer under tHe fuel. WHen you get no more water, quit
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EVerybody knows tHat water in µuel
Now tHat you'Ve got tHe water out, keep ²t out. Keep your fuel up to tHe fºll
is a bummer. In d»esel fuel, water sets
mark on tHe tank. ¼H²s'll cºt down on tHe air space½and tHe moist air tHat puts
tHe stage for a bacter²a "garden¾ tHat
water ²n your fuel.
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gets sucked into fuel filters and otHer
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parts of your equipment's µuel system.
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It plugs up tHe works!
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In freezi¿g weatHer, water in tHe
µuel system turns into ice. AnotHer
plugÀup!
·ater Áamages delicate parts of tHe
fuel injector pump on a diesel eng²ne±
Water turns into steam ²f it gets as
far as tHe fuel injectorsÂanà can blast
tHe tip off an injector.
Water contam²nation starts in your
fuel tankÂusually condensation from
moist air ²Än tHe tank. Or ²t May come
frÅm waterÆcontaminated bÇlk tanks.
ÈÉtHer way, you'Ve got to drain tHat
waÊer out of your tank.
But HËw do you know iµ tHere's
water in tHe tank?
Ìse water ²nÃicÍting paste, NÎN
6850À00Æ00ÏÀ4Ð94 Ñor a tube or NÎN
6850Æ00Æ00ÒÆ4Ò93 for a jar. It's autHoÓ
rized bÔ C¼A 50Æ970, Append²x A.
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Multifuel EngIne Trucks .±.
Get the Ful FueL STory!
Forget tHat AutHor²zed Fuel data plate on tHe instrument panel of yoºR 2\Õ
ton or 5Æton mult²fuel Öng²ne truck. And forget any otHer old info you Hear
about different fuels for mult²fuels.
²gnor³
fu³l
da´a
pla´e
µ..
CaUTION
±²
0± HOl USE AVIaTioh
GR²Ce g³sDL´Nµ
µ..
and
oth³r
oLd
poop!!
¼He new word is in ¼× 9À2320Æ209ÀÒ0ÆÒ, Pages 2À24
&
2À25, and in ¼× 9Ø
2320Æ2ÒÒØÒ0ÆÒ, Pages 2Æ25
&
2Æ26¼able 2Æ6, Perm²ss²ble Fuels.
¼Here'Re some big cHanges! ×OGAÎ (combat gasoline) is no longer
autHor²zed as an "alternate fuelÙ. LowÀlead and noÀlead gasol²nes are now
among "alternate fuels''.
If tHere's some reason you'Úe got to go directly to a coÛmerc²al suppl²er, you
Üay find diesel fuel offered especially µor diesel eng²ne automob²les. It's ÝK for
your multifuel (or otHer d²esel engine) truck. ¼HereÞs no d²fference between
truck d²esel fuel and automob²le d²esel fuel.
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