Diesel Newbie - Algae Issue?

RNeumann · Dec 4, 2016

Why would anyone want to pay for something that supposedly increases storage time when it will last 50+ years in as refined state.

ovrszd · Dec 4, 2016

RNeumann said:
Biobor Jf Fuel Additives - Products

Use this product per label directions to clear the algae and then as an ongoing preventative. Note one 16oz bottle treats over 1200 gallons so 16oz will last your lifetime.

Yep. Especially handy for an OCD tractor owner. Treat it. Eliminate the worry.

RNeumann · Dec 4, 2016

ovrszd said:
Yep. Especially handy for an OCD tractor owner. Treat it. Eliminate the worry.

Guilty as charged!!! As a side bar I heard a guy describe it as OCA recently- Obsessive Compulsive ADVANTAGE!!

newbury · Dec 4, 2016

cold1313 said:
So does it sound like everything is okay?

Add an extra dose of Stanadyne to the tractor tank since it's going into storage? Or leave it be?

No, you should immediately plan on burning it up. Work that tractor! Get some seat time in!

cold1313 · Dec 5, 2016

If I had a backhoe for my B3200, I'd be getting some good seat time. I have a project that I need to take 2 feet off the dam of my pond, but I don't feel that my light weight B3200 and my 72" blade will be able to drag the soil, especially with it being muddy out AND likely hitting clay.

If I had a backhoe, I could put some hours in and dig it down, but hard to justify the $7500 for that attachment!

ovrszd · Dec 5, 2016

You need a pull type scraper that scrapes up the dirt and hauls it.

Cord · Dec 11, 2016

Sounds like normal on road diesel to me. I get 250 gallons of diesel delivered and even with it several years old I have no signs of algae. Diesel will rest in generator tanks for 10+ years without problem either. Your batches are small enough that it's pretty much impossible for there to be algae. Treat the fuel if you want, but to me it's wasted money.

ovrszd · Dec 12, 2016

Cord said:
Sounds like normal on road diesel to me. I get 250 gallons of diesel delivered and even with it several years old I have no signs of algae. Diesel will rest in generator tanks for 10+ years without problem either. Your batches are small enough that it's pretty much impossible for there to be algae. Treat the fuel if you want, but to me it's wasted money.

It's kinda like getting stuck in the mud or snow. If only I could just go back a few seconds and make a different decision.

Once you get algae, you never want it again. Watched my Brother deal with it twice. First time it was in his storage tank. He contaminated every diesel engine he had. Second time it showed up in a tractor that he bought at a farm sale.