Filling fuel tank at the end of the day

[QBH]

New to tractor owing, Yanmar 2210D is now in the pole barn. Yea!

I have been RTFM'ing, and the manual says that I should always fill the tank at the end of the day.

Why? To prevent condensation maybe?

Thanks for any insight that you can provide.

Larry

 

[Sysop]

You are correct, the more air is in the tank, the more room there is for condensation. As well as the fact a full tank of fuel will not go stale as fast as one with a lot of air in it.

 

[kenmac]

I only fill mine with fuel when it gets low. I don't top it off with fuel at the end of every day

 

[Sysop]

I only fill mine with fuel when it gets low. I don't top it off with fuel at the end of every day

Yea, I don't either personally, just chiming in with the rhyme of reasons it's considered a good practice. The more you use your machine the less of an issue it is I would think... I generally toss a 5 gallon can in mine any time the 11 gallon tank is reading down around a half tank. Takes me about a week or sometimes more to run out a half tank when just doing maintenance stuff around the property. I've also went through that much in a day of "project work".

 

[Dirtdeere]

I think they were talking about having a cocktail not your fuel tank. I've always called it filling my tank. Then when I'm done, I'm tanked. Make sense?

 

[burnieman]

I think they were talking about having a cocktail not your fuel tank. I've always called it filling my tank. Then when I'm done, I'm tanked. Make sense?

I hate to say it, but it makes sense.

 

[QBH]

I think they were talking about having a cocktail not your fuel tank. I've always called it filling my tank. Then when I'm done, I'm tanked. Make sense?

Wait, I was supposed to wait until I'm done for that? Oops.

 

[Katahdin]

Here are some pictures of pump intake taken from a fuel tank of a surplus military truck I bought a few years ago. It'll give you an idea of the stuff that grows in diesel when condensation/water accumulates.



I plan to drain/flush all of my diesel tanks every couple of years after seeing this stuff.

 

[s219]

I always start filling my tank early, so that I get tanked sooner.

 

[MoKelly]

I guess it's 5:00 somewhere looking at the previous posts. But, since it's not even 10 am here, I'll just say I fill the tank every time I stop simply because it helps make sure I (or my somewhat preoccupied 16 year old son's mind) doesn't accidentially ever run out of fuel. From what I have read, that is not a good thing with a diesel engine.

MoKelly