Saving Your Tractor's Fuel System from a Costly Failure

Especially in the new Tier IV tractor engines, with incredibly tight tolerances inside the fuel delivery and injection system, a little water can do costly damage. Today we'll look at how to check to see if there's water in your fuel.

I got a call from my neighbor Chuck wanting to know if he drained the fuel strainer bowl (that's probably not exactly what you call it, but it's close), would he have to bleed the fuel line to get the tractor started? I wanted to know why he was having troubles and it turns out he had forgotten to fill his tractor's diesel tank up and treat it over the winter. I smelled a video opportunity. We got the owner's manual and went to work.

If you read the manual, it will tell you that if you let the tractor sit over the winter, you're supposed to fill the tank up almost to the top and put a treatment in the tank. That's to keep any algae-type stuff from growing in there (that's a possibility), and to keep the moisture out. Chuck is meticulous about maintaining all of his toys, but the last time he brush hogged before winter, he'd parked the tractor and forgotten to go back to it. The fuel tank sat all winter at a low level and accumulated a lot of condensation. In the video you'll see the large amount of water there. A part of me was glad to see Chuck had messed up...I'm supposed to be the tractor expert and I don't come even close to taking as good of care of my equipment as he does. So it was good to see he's human.

There are a few things to learn from this video. First, if you don't fill your tank and treat your diesel over the winter there could be A LOT of water accumulate in your fuel system. Also, water is the cause for many expensive injection system rebuilds on diesel motors. Finally, watch that fuel bowl like Chuck does to see if there's water or foreign particles there. He looks at it every time he uses the tractor. Good advice for me too, I remember to look at mine about once every two years or when the tractor won't start!

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