Archived contaminated fuel

[ronstersv]

Dealer says that's what it is. Truck won't go over 45mph. Takes forever to get it to 45mph. No check engine or water in fuel lights. Truck is an 06 with less than 16k miles. DC won't warranty. My insurance says they will pay. Is contaminated fuel that common?

 

[Grey Wolf]

It's not too common in places that sell a lot of fuel. Try to stay away from the mom & pop stores, look for the places that sell a lot of fuel and save your receipts!

 

[CSkal]

Did you have the fuel tested yourself to verify DC's claim?

 

[ronstersv]

They dropped the tank and said it looked cloudy. Insurance rep agreed. There was no formal analysis. Filter was sitting on the bench (all intact). I had receipts for last 3 places I fueled up. Insurance company and Dodge dealer didn't show much interest. Insurance case worker asked me if I knew of a place to get in analyzed. I said no and couldn't believe she would ask me that. You would think they would get a sample pronto and if contaminated go after the station. Had Dept of Agriculture check out the last station and she said it was o. k as far as water. "However they did have a delivery since you bought the fuel". I asked if they could check it out for other contaminates and she said they don't do that. So who really cares other than us. Checked with dealer today-- said they haven't started working on it yet because they are waiting for the fuel tank to be delivered. Hope it comes soon. It's been in the shop since Haloween.

 

[RRees]

Can I say that really s**ks. I'll make sure I save all my receipts. I generally use Debit Card so that would give me a record also.



What does "bad diesel" do to an engine? I can see if plugging up the filter by contaminants. But does it do damage to the engine itself. Injectors?



Fortunately for me, I only buy diesel at one of three places and they seem to sell alot of diesel. HyVee, Kum&Go and Flying J. I live in Iowa, so I doubt most people have heard of HyVee (Grocery with pumps) or Kum&Go (convenience store)

 

[Joe Mc]

Apparently it's more of an issue with the Common Rail than the 2nd and 1st gen pumps. The clearances are tighter and totally different pump etc. Of course not speaking form experience just what I've read on this and other sites. Bummer - at least the insurance company is paying for it. I agree that you would think the WIF light would have illuminated - if not I'd be asking DC what good is it then? Also, that the insurance company would have taken more interest in hunting down the fuel supplier. Go figure - a new tank? Are they installing new injectors and a pump too ? ? ?

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Make sure you get the rollover valve TSB done if you haven't already, it will keep crude out of the tank from wet roads and stuff.

 

[ronstersv]

New injectors and pump too. I had the roll over valve work done but the new tank should take care of that anyway.

 

[ronstersv]

I wouldn't know where to take the fuel to be tested. At this point (insurance could care less but will pay) why should I invest any more time and money into this issue?

 

[Flinty]

My friend has a 06 also. He got the same line of bull and it is bull. His truck was in the shop for a month and a half and they threw every part known to man at that rig. They finally ended up replacing the entire fuel system. At the same time of year (spring time) the 06's were lined up with "bad fuel" at the dealers around here. The truck runs fine now but it was no small affair. Certain 06's just have finicky injection issues that throw codes and malfunction at the drop of a hat. Good luck, buddy.

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

I had the roll over valve work done but the new tank should take care of that anyway.

The new tank is going to be identical to the one coming out and will need the roll-over valve work done to it also. Make sure they put the hoses on the roll-over valve barbs before installing the tank!

 

[tgordon]

That being the case the first thing I would do if I had an '06 is add an auxilary filter to the thing. I work at a JD dealer and one distributer got one bad load of fuel, farmers buy thousands of gallons at a time and we have filters flying off the shelf, we are stocking more than usual right now because of this. Moral of the story some over paid engineer screwed up and put a filter with to large of a micron rating on it into the truck for what the fuel system could handle. There is no reason the consumer should have to pay for this, and it sounds like lawsuits are the only thing that talks to the the suits, hint, hint. :-{} About the only way around this is if you had changed your filter recently and did not dump it out. :{ It makes me glad that I have stuck to my old '97 and ****** of that corperate greed has gotten that bad :--)