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Rockbuggy84 said:
The oil was changed prior to all this happening. I checked it multiple times because it sounds like a common problem.

I never thought about algae. I’m gonna shoot my buddy a text and have him check the tank.
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I never thought abouy algae either untill it randomly started happening and realized its damn near impossible to diagnose... for me at least. It settles to the bottom of the tank making everything appear clean and then gets all shook up when starting and driving.

Maybe run it till its having issues then immediately pull the fuel filter, cut it open, and chack for little slimy black specs.
 
2big bronco said:
I never thought abouy algae either untill it randomly started happening and realized its damn near impossible to diagnose... for me at least. It settles to the bottom of the tank making everything appear clean and then gets all shook up when starting and driving.

Maybe run it till its having issues then immediately pull the fuel filter, cut it open, and chack for little slimy black specs.
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When I swapped the filter when it first started occurring, the filter felt slimy. I was wearing rubber gloves, so I figured that’s why it felt like that, but I think you’re onto something.

There was a significant amount of moisture in the engine compartment from sitting through winters, so I’ll guarantee it’s in the tank.

Thanks for the input, might save a lot of time and effort.
 
Rockbuggy84 said:
When I swapped the filter when it first started occurring, the filter felt slimy. I was wearing rubber gloves, so I figured that’s why it felt like that, but I think you’re onto something.

There was a significant amount of moisture in the engine compartment from sitting through winters, so I’ll guarantee it’s in the tank.

Thanks for the input, might save a lot of time and effort.
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If you find that to be the problem the only way I finally solved it 100% was to drop the tank, get every last drip out, rinse with gas, and fill back up halfway with like 4x more algea tratment then recommend. I wasted probably 8hrs on 2 different occasions trying to half ass it
 
2big bronco said:
If you find that to be the problem the only way I finally solved it 100% was to drop the tank, get every last drip out, rinse with gas, and fill back up halfway with like 4x more algea tratment then recommend. I wasted probably 8hrs on 2 different occasions trying to half ass it
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I’ll make sure everything is drain, cleaned, etc. That algae is no joke from my research and can easily grow back if it’s not handled like you said.

Thanks for the help.
 
Another place to have it cleaned would be a radiator shop. Most places can boil it out/ clean it for you.
 
I used a guy in San Jose once a year or two ago. Not joking he jumped out of a tree house when I pulled into the small alleyway.

Cleaned and fixed my cheap radiator for cheap :homer: the experience was worth the money:lmao:
 
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