Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) water in diesel fuel

[Silver Bullet Ram]

fighting this problem again. Anyone else go through this? I use stanadyne additive, get my fuel at the truck stop. Tried different places for fuel, same thing. How can i make it stop? I have to drain the water 3x a day.



Gary

 

[andrewkoperdak]

Have you tried draining you fuel tank to get all the H2O out? That should solve your problem. I can only imagine residual water in your tank as the culprit.

R,

Andy

 

[Silver Bullet Ram]

i would love to do that, but i wouldn't know how to drain it since i don't believe there is a drain cock on it.



Gary

 

[roadranger]

How about stuffing a length of garden hose down the filll pipe??



Or is that roll-over ball thing in the way to do this??

 

[Silver Bullet Ram]

that i don't know, always had a fear of doing that simply because afraid of tearing up the fuel gage sending unit. Be nice if there was a way of putting a drain cock on it.



Gary

 

[andrewkoperdak]

There is another post about someone who put gas in the tank. They siphoned it out Gary. I have not looked at my fuel line to the tank, but I am sure it is rubber and that you could disconnect it up front near the engine and drain it there or if you tank is really close to being empty use the lift pump to help you. The lift pump is supposed to be self priming so if you get air in it it won't matter.

I have read somewhere that someone left the filter drain on the fuel filter housing open and then started the truck. They said fuel flowed like there was no tomorrow. You might try that also. None of the methods I have offered here are quick. Hope something I have said has been helpful.

R,

Andy

 

[Silver Bullet Ram]

if you run it out of fuel won't that mess up the injector pump?



Gary

 

[andrewkoperdak]

Gary,

I think you can do the garden hose thing without harming you f. sending unit. Stick your head up under you rear wheel well. I think you will find the sending unit forward of the fuel fill hose.

R,

Andy

 

[andrewkoperdak]

The lift pump doesn't care. The VP44 most certainly hates air. You have to a buch of time to get air out of the VP44. All the methods I suggested would have left the VP44 with fuel. I guess the last case I proposed might run a chance of going dry so maybe you should steer clear of that one.

R,

'Andy

 

[Silver Bullet Ram]

i might climb underneath it and take a looksy at what i can do.



Gary

 

[andrewkoperdak]

That should read that "you have to have a bunch of time..... "