What truck stop sells diesel of better quality?
Just lost an injector ($1,000 incl. labour) on a CAT C15 with 470,000 mi. The CAT technician said such failures are often caused by poor quality fuel, when water and sediments get in. He recommended buying fuel only at busy truck stops where diesel doesn't stay in the underground tanks for long. Anyone has an opinion on what truck stop chain sells better diesel fuel?
Flying J? Petro? TA? Pilot? Any comments would be appreciated. I need to stop fueling at Petro-Canada ... |
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Was this engine not under warranty? How years/miles does Caterpillar warranty their engines? |
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Do you know what size your filters are supposed to be? That is a big thing for keeping debris out of your injectors. Diesel is Diesel is diesel. Look at how new a facility is, not how busy it is! New facilities have fiberglass tanks, or steel tanks with fiberglass linings. Decent facilities change the filters at the tanks and at the dispensers on a regular basis. Newer facilities generally have better filtration systems in place. |
I rarely fuel at the truckstops anymore. Mostly at the small stations. I particularly like Gulf diesel. Use only CAT filters, and have a fuel/water separator. Other than that, it's just a luck of the draw....You could get water in a fuel, or similar problems, practically anywhere. BTW. $1000 seems to be steep....
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Cat injector is around $400 over the counter
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I read somewhere that CAT doesn't want you to pre-fill the fuel filters for fear of getting dirt in there.
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