Transmission will cure the algae. One cup every other tank of diesel and problems are gone forever. Not recommended with DEF systems or it will plug your exhaust filter.
Did you mean to say Transmission fluid? One cup per tank, but tanks come in different sizes. Thanks for that information, I'll have to research it a bit.
@@JacksWebb714 I did but that was just from brief research online so definitely don’t take my word for it without doing your own research lol thanks for watching!
Mine is doing it after about a half hour under load in 5th gear. I stop, let it sit for a few minutes, then it'll be fine again for another half hour. Im treating the fuel just in case.... It's puzzling.
@@DirtRoadLife1 you hit it right on the head, it's the fuel filter, just checked it and it's so black full of algae nothing could get through it. I have to treat the diesel I'm using. It's old but I got 275 gallons for free. I just ordered some biocide. Thanks for the video
@@DirtRoadLife1 gonna give this a try. I'm worried it's going to release all of this crap into the system though.. just have to watch the filters I guess. Thanks for the video!
@@pete71486 that’s what the filters are there for I figure. Keep an eye on them and if there’s any question it’s worth changing the filters sooner than normal intervals
My understanding is that the microbial killer treatment simply kills the bacteria/fungus to prevent future formation of slime in your tank. But if you already have the slime, you should pull the tank and clean it out thoroughly. I don't think there are any treatments that actually break up the slime, or if it does, you really don't want the components of broken down slime passing through your engine jets. I'd also say that my experience is that you can do just about anything to the fuel system, blow compressed air up the fuel hose to the tank, or change a filter or whatever, and it seems to work again -- for a while. But then starts sputtering after a small amount of use. Why? I think in my case it's because I still have slime in my tank. I'm pulling it off and cleaning it out. Unfortunately on the Kubota BX25 subcompact, pulling the tank is a major job.
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Transmission will cure the algae. One cup every other tank of diesel and problems are gone forever. Not recommended with DEF systems or it will plug your exhaust filter.
Thanks for the comment! Pinned it! Great info and much cheaper than the biocides. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!
Did you mean to say Transmission fluid? One cup per tank, but tanks come in different sizes. Thanks for that information, I'll have to research it a bit.
@@JacksWebb714 I did but that was just from brief research online so definitely don’t take my word for it without doing your own research lol thanks for watching!
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Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching, Doc!
Mine is doing it after about a half hour under load in 5th gear. I stop, let it sit for a few minutes, then it'll be fine again for another half hour. Im treating the fuel just in case.... It's puzzling.
Interesting, I had a jeep once that acted like that and it was the in tank fuel filter, not sure if these tractors have one
@@DirtRoadLife1 you hit it right on the head, it's the fuel filter, just checked it and it's so black full of algae nothing could get through it. I have to treat the diesel I'm using. It's old but I got 275 gallons for free. I just ordered some biocide. Thanks for the video
@@crazyDIYguy no problem glad you got it figured
Did the chemicals work? You have links for them? Dealing with a algae issue in my semi.. both 100 gallon tanks 😢
Seems to of I haven’t had any clogged filters in a long time.
@@DirtRoadLife1 gonna give this a try. I'm worried it's going to release all of this crap into the system though.. just have to watch the filters I guess.
Thanks for the video!
@@pete71486 that’s what the filters are there for I figure. Keep an eye on them and if there’s any question it’s worth changing the filters sooner than normal intervals
My understanding is that the microbial killer treatment simply kills the bacteria/fungus to prevent future formation of slime in your tank. But if you already have the slime, you should pull the tank and clean it out thoroughly. I don't think there are any treatments that actually break up the slime, or if it does, you really don't want the components of broken down slime passing through your engine jets. I'd also say that my experience is that you can do just about anything to the fuel system, blow compressed air up the fuel hose to the tank, or change a filter or whatever, and it seems to work again -- for a while. But then starts sputtering after a small amount of use. Why? I think in my case it's because I still have slime in my tank. I'm pulling it off and cleaning it out. Unfortunately on the Kubota BX25 subcompact, pulling the tank is a major job.
Same issue with my backhoe.@@dennmillsch