Posted by tg in VA on April 26, 2012 at 12:45:58 from (75.193.137.172):
I have an International 8100 with a C10 CAT I use to pull my horse trailer. A couple of weeks ago it would barely run (fortunately I was bob tailing at the time)...being no mechanic, I took it to my diesel guys and the fuel filter (the one at the front of the engine with the replacable element) was almost completely clogged with algae. I had both filters changed, problem solved. The mechanic said that this was an issue with the low sulphur diesel fuel.
My question: What is a good additive to keep this from happening again...I have two Dodge 3500's with 5.9 Cummings and have not had any problem to date, nor have I had this problem with my MF165 or MF285.
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