off road diesel

[RandyT]

Kind of funny that some people always have issues with water in gas or fuel, and others don't. Must be some peoples storage containers are not as air tight as they should be.

I have never had issues with contaminates in my overhead diesel storage tank even after storing fuel for several years between refills. But part of it may be due to the fact I use a 3 psi pressure cap. So it reduced the amount of air exchange.

 

[greenie]

You must have a special kind of luck. Fuel left outside like that just about anywhere else would trash todays injectors quick

No, not at all. Mobile and modular homes and structures without a basement with oil-fired furnaces, boilers, and water heaters almost always store heating oil or kerosene outdoors. I'm a licensed master oil burner technician and had many accounts with outdoor tanks. Those tanks last for years and are never cleaned - more fuel is added. These tanks might be in service for more than 30 years. The burners had nozzles as fine as .50 GPH @ 100 PSI, and those small orifice nozzles can clog easily - easier than diesel injectors which operate at 1,800+ PSI.
Unlike gasoline, heating oil and kerosene have long shelf life. I've run my 1999 John Deere 790 compact tractor exclusively on a 275 gallon fuel tank since new and at almost 1,900 hours it's still on its original injectors. There is never any water in the tractor's fuel filter bowl to drain.
Another interesting fact is that in Maine (and probably most other states where #2 heating oil is a common fuel for heating) heating oil is now also ultra low sulfur - same product as diesel fuel.
I always wait a day after a fuel delivery before pumping any fuel - delivery trucks pump really fast and if there's any sediment in the tank it can be stirred up during a delivery.

 

[Hay Dude]

I have never seen results like that around MY area. Peeps always be adding additives and biocides, etc. Fuel sucks around here.

 

[LouNY]

We have had fuel quality problems a couple of times. It has always been a pain as when it's first found it's already in several systems. Now as soon as we even suspect that a load of fuel may have the slightest chance of having something all the tanks involved get a dose of biocide and we keep a close eye on filters, both tanks and equipment.