Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) Bad Diesel?

[RyanStewart]

So I bought diesel at a kinda shady gas station today. They were selling diesel for $2. 09 though, so I couldn't resist. They only took cash and I didn't have much so I didn't fill the truck up. Well a little later it started dieing when I came to a stop. If I pushed in the clutch and let it drop to idle when the engine was turning faster than about 1500 rpm it would drop right through idle and die. If I waited until the engine was spinning at closer to 1000 rpm when I pushed in the clutch it would settle into idle though.



So anyway, after driving for a while I stopped at a truck stop and filled it up (about 14 gallons) and it immediately stopped. It runs just fine now and doesn't die, so I can only conclude that the fuel I bought at the first station was no good, but I was wondering why? What would make diesel so bad that it would cause the truck to do this?

 

[Signal73]

underground tank could have been mistakenly filled with some gasoline. post where it was maybe save some others your grief.

 

[HBarlow]

Could have been contaminated with almost anything, could have contained high percentage of water, could have been full of algae or whatever the green/black crap that can grow in diesel it, lot's of possible contamination.

Was the store owner wearing a rag on his head?

 

[RyanStewart]

Heh, I never saw the owner. I stopped there on my way home but there was no manager and the guys working there didn't speak much English so I didn't even bother saying anything. I don't remember the name of the place but it was in New Jersey, just outside the westbound side of the Holland Tunnel. A tiny little place with 4 gas pumps that only took cash.

 

[Missouri Mule]

I change your fuel filter to be on the safe side and run some cleaner in the tank. You can look at the filter to see if any thing was growing in it and look at what you drained out of it.