Watery Diesel, Caltex at Bupengary

[markg66]

Yesturday morning (Thus 13th) I realy needed diesel for the hi-lux with only 5k's to go on the trip puter, got to the Caltex near the hiway at Burpengary ony way to work to find the fuel tanker filling the diesel tanks, was late for work already and waited for the tanker to get out of the way. Me and a courier van filled up as soon as the tanker left........bad move, today I have the diesel filter water trap warning light on the dash and toyota booked to pull the tank out and clean it and replace the fuel filter on Monday. This is my toyota leasing work car/camper tug so I'm not worried about the cost, but thought such a high volume servo would have cleaner tanks. Apparently not

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[Jenko67]

Stupid question, but did you contact the servo?

[Muckinhell]

the tanks are probably as clean as most, just that you filled up with diesel that was stirred up by the refill process wich stirred in all the condensed water that would accumulate in the tanks over time back in with the new diesel being added.

[D4D]

Sorry to hear that however you should never fill up if the tanks have just been filled, that includes all fuels.

[Jason B]

The fuel at the servo may be to blame. However it could be that the issue was that your fuel tank was run so low(as described) and the issue was actually caused by the crap that was already in your tank being sucked into your system.

This happens all the time and whilst it's easy to blame the servo it may be a combination of the two that has caused your issue.

Regards

Jas

[Moto Mech]

The fuel at the servo may be to blame. However it could be that the issue was that your fuel tank was run so low(as described) and the issue was actually caused by the crap that was already in your tank being sucked into your system.

This happens all the time and whilst it's easy to blame the servo it may be a combination of the two that has caused your issue.

Regards

Jas

Just a point, where does your fuel get picked up in a fuel tank at all times? Yep, in the same spot in the bottom of the tank.

[Jason B]

Just a point, where does your fuel get picked up in a fuel tank at all times? Yep, in the same spot in the bottom of the tank.

Yep?? and all the crap is ussually suspended in a quantity of fuel, if it settles out and you run your tanks very low it can cause issues.

[Shager]

What caltex at burpengary?
I had Problems with the Ute (Works thank god) Kept getting water IN the tank. It was in and out of the mechanics. Have not been back to that caltex and have not had a problem since. (have caltex cards for work).

[markg66]

Yep I realise that my tank was already very low, the tug is only a year old and I've always run it down to nothing from new to keep the tank as clean as possible. I was going to fill from the truck fill out the back since the tanker was out the front, but apparently he had just filled the back tanks and there was 10 trucks lined up already filling up as they had all been waiting for him as well.
Spose I took a chance, new the risks and lucked out.

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[markg66]

Just to answer a few of the questions, it was the Caltex right on the highway at Burpengary (not the woollies one), I have not talked to the servo yet but will in the next day or two, I also have Caltex fuel card so no choice but to use them, but that said I've filled at this servo since I got this diesel (my first), and have never had a prob before.

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[Geoffwin]

Make sure you keep a sample from the tanks and filters.

Also the receipts and other relevant info.

There might be a few people who have issues.

They might come to the party.

Always a bit of a risk when filling immediately after the servo tank refill - no telling what you might get (same as filling from 44's)

[achjimmy]

Yep I realise that my tank was already very low, the tug is only a year old and I've always run it down to nothing from new to keep the tank as clean as possible. I was going to fill from the truck fill out the back since the tanker was out the front, but apparently he had just filled the back tanks and there was 10 trucks lined up already filling up as they had all been waiting for him as well.
Spose I took a chance, new the risks and lucked out.

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Be wary about running tanks empty, Many vehicles with submerged electric pumps rely on fuel to cool the pump and wiring loom. Continued running near empty leads to the pumps early demise. In my case on the VT commodore that was around 80k, fortunately it was so prevalent by then that GM had introduced a tank wiring loom to be able to be spliced into the main loom.