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Originally Posted by tracer
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 ...
Do you know what size your filters are?
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.