Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 at 08:28
There have been some good threads on this site about the issues Alain.
Diesel has an affinity for water and lots of underground tanks have been found to have cracks and hence contamination. Some water is always present in storage tanks and this can be managed. It usually is only a problem when the diesel in those tanks get low or has a very slow turnover rate.
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well as the above, modern diesel are much more high strung than older types and suffer a lot more costly damage when things go wrong.
The threads on this site refer to significant damage often $10,000 - $20,000 for repair - and they are not just isolated cases.
Most people who drive diesels don't find it an issue because they fill up in high turnover
places.
Other threads here show that reasonable precautions can be taken with extra filters and or funnels that don't pass water when filling up.
The fuel pump and injectors are vital parts of engines and they can can cost thousands of dollars.
Another reason I reccomend the type of car I did is because its massively cheaper and more practical in this area - I even carry a spare fuel pump because it only cost $75 not $5000 of some other vehicles and also because it is practical to fit it yourself if required.
Whereas many of todays diesels can't even be easily started again if they ever run out of fuel.
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