A load of bad fuel is rare. I have a bad load of fuel maybe once in
10 years. One was a major truckstop. one was an elevator pump your
own, which is generally safe. Adding an additional filter is
perhaps overkill, but a good water separator can save you a lot of
hassle. Bad fuel comes in two forms: rust and crud, taken out by
the filter; or water, of which a small amount will be caught by the
filter.
According to Murphy: you get a bad load of fuel after midnight in a
blizzard or cold rain, or at some other time that is most
inconvenient. The last time I had to drive over 100 miles at 35-40
until I got to a town that had a Napa store that was open. One
other time, it was over 150 miles at 25-30, and these are just crud
cases. With a water case, you can be F.O.R.D.
On an interstate near a large city, just call for the rollback truck.
If you are on a no-shoulder road far from major cities, it can be
(indirectly) fatal
I agree with Jaime.
This is another, "If the engineers at MB thought it was warranted,
they would have fitted one to the cars."
Dan
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On Dec 26, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, what exactly is the issue here?
We've had mercedes diesels in the family since the early 80s and never had
water/fuel related issues, and always used factory filtration.
Is fuel quality that bad in some parts of the country?
Jaime
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 6:21 PM, <relng...@aol.com> wrote:
...Marshall often said things that were not exactly true...
Open to interpretation, let's say. His position on the need for water
separators, as one example.
RLE
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