RV broke down

[Robbie Welch]

Back on the road again.Will update later

[Robbie Welch]

Well we started our 500 mile trip to Commerce GA a little ruff. Not long after getting on the Florida Turnpike I felt the engine skip a couple times then it lost all power (not good)usually if this happens its time to change fuel filters. After doing that with no luck Teresa said how about the thingamajig we had trouble with the last time. Da why I didn't think of it first is beyond me but sure enough what appears to be algae had completely blocked the fuel check valve before the primary fuel filter. So after cleaning the check valve and reinstalling it the old Cummins fired up and ran trouble free the rest of the trip. Thanks Teresa. So we're here the weather is looking a little iffy but hopefully we'll get the race in.

[KEVIN T]

Robbie, Glad to hear you resolved the problem and made it to the track. Good luck this weekend.
Kevin T.

[340Cuda]

Do you need to be running some sort of fuel additive until you kill the algae?

Back when I was in the business of running data centers we would have the fuel checked for our standby generators and add fuel additives if stuff started growing in the diesel.

[Keith 944]

Always listen to the wife!

[FED 387]

you probably have let the RV sitting with less than a full tank of fuel on multiple occasions for long periods of time between races---you need some diesel fuel cleaner like bio kleen or something similar it will say algae/bacteria cleaner on the label--you don't need cetane boost or injector cleaner wrong stuff-- but algae/bacteria cleaner -your problem is you have some water in the fuel tank and the water breeds algae in the fuel tank---check the filters and run some stuff thru there for the next 2-3 tanks should help clear up the problem---also always try to keep the tank full between races this will help eliminate the problem too---FED 387

[jmcarter]

Is higher biodiesel % also a contributor? Have always tried to stay with #2 or 5% but of course in some states that isn’t possible. Just trying to gauge how often I need to use the additive stuff.