Steve,
Good to hear it was only water. You got by cheap again like the $300.00 alternator.
So what's next on your itinerary? Or haven't you contacted your travel agent yet?

adding Isopropyl(Heat) to the tanks occasionally help rid your tanks of water

Keeping the tanks full helps too. :P :lol:

I'm just wondering how the heck the water got in there in the first place??? It either got blown in from the wash or was in the tanks when I filled up. Cost me $125 for the visit. They added something called Power Service to help get rid of any more water that was in the system.

I'm assuming the longer I drove it the more water I would have burned up until it was all gone. From what was happening the water was being sucked up when the demand for fuel was at it's highest.

My truck goes in on Saturday morning for new shocks on the rear. It's like my wheels are unbalanced but you can't feel it through the steering wheel. A guy driving by said my rear tandems were bouncing. It's going to cost $380 to get all 4 shocks replaced and about 45 minutes to do the job.

My health insurance just went up $100 per month to $536 for BCBS PPO.

all Diesel contains some water-Most Truck stops have pumps at the bottom of their Tanks which take it out-Some times, depending on how low the Tanks are with fuel determines how much water you're gonna pump into your Tanks.

[quote="SteveBooth"]I'm just wondering how the heck the water got in there in the first place???


It was from the Cadillac Man in El Paso. When the girl cleaned your truck she also swapped fuel for water. Probably put the pee bottle in the tank too. :wink:

Well, at least I'm glad I experienced it so now I know. I thought for sure it was an injector so I didn't let anyone check it out while on the road. If I had only known it would have taken less than an hour to fix. I think I got 3mpg on the way home!!!

I noticed a load on the board for Monday heading out to Oregon with Mercer. I'm already setup with them and got the load paying $1.60. I got a call an hour later saying the customer was not ready to accept the load for 2 more weeks. Oh crap, I really wanted to head out that way. Oh well.

On airplanes there is a little drain on the bottom of both fuel tanks you can take a sample to see if water is in there. If there is you can drain off about 3 ounces at a time until it's gone. Would be nice if there did that on trucks also.

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On airplanes there is a little drain on the bottom of both fuel tanks you can take a sample to see if water is in there. If there is you can drain off about 3 ounces at a time until it's gone. Would be nice if there did that on trucks also.{quote}

I was thinking the same thing when I first read the thread. Air compressors even have a valve to let out water.

Probably a safety thing. The tank is exposed at the bottom and they could be knocked off and fuel all over the road. Slippery stuff.

Hmmm, who was the first person here to suggest it might be fuel filter/water? 8) Can't take much credit though, it's such a common ailment.

A couple of other fuel related tips--

A truck won't draw all the fuel out of the tanks. You can run out (engine quits) and still have a few gallons left in your tanks. So don't let that fool ya'. Often when you are about to run out, your engine RPM's will surge up and down without your foot doing anything. Throttle revs by itself.

Also, running your tanks very low/almost out will make water more likely since it settles to the bottom.

If you do ever run out, you might have to refill the filter with fuel before re-installing it in order for the engine to start, makes it easier to start anyway.

Glad it wasn't expensive!