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Had an old timer swear by diesel in the fuel, thought he was nuts
Last month I was working a little pond job outside of Topeka, and this retired operator named Hank pulls up to my barge. He sees me fighting with gunked up injectors on a 20 year old 3-71 and tells me to dump a quart of diesel right in the fuel tank. I laughed at him. Told him that'll wreck the pump for sure. He just shrugged and said he's been doing it since the 70s. I was desperate enough to try it after three hours of no progress. Cleaned right up and she ran smooth the rest of the day. Now I do it every third tank and my filters last twice as long. Anyone else got a weird trick from an old timer that actually worked?
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nathan_kim4d ago
Yeah, that tracks. Old timers swear by that stuff like it's snake oil but somehow it works. I had a guy tell me to pour ATF down a stuck carburetor on a pickup once, thought he was pulling my leg. Tried it anyway, thing coughed and fired right up after sitting for two years. Now I keep a can of Seafoam handy just in case, but diesel in the fuel tank sounds like some hardcore 70s logic that probably does the trick. Just don't tell the EPA guys about it or they'll have a heart attack.
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paulnguyen4d ago
Buddy of mine did that diesel trick to an old Ford that had been sitting since the 80s. Said it ran smooth enough to drive to the store the same day, though the smoke screen probably scared a few neighbors.
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tessap974d ago
Hardcore 70s logic" - you sure it ain't just overthinking a can of fuel?
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