The main contaminants of fuel are water, fungal material, and rust. There is residual water in all underground tanks from new, and various factors such as engineering, maintenance, and environmental issues can cause more water to enter under/above-ground fuel tanks. Fungal material comes from spores (mainly Cladosporium resinae) that can enter the tanks any time [...]
Dirty fuel is endemic to the industry and as such can be found in any tank, regardless of size, age, or the company who owns them.
First and foremost, dirty fuel can cause damage to your fuel system and engine components simply by passing through the system. Microscopic particles of dirt and grime can clog fuel filters and injectors, reducing engine efficiency and ruining the injector spray pattern. Water is vaporised as it passes through the injectors, causing damage to the [...]
Unfortunately, there are no signs that you are buying contaminated fuel, as the Australian fuel industry removed fuel sight glasses way back in 1986. These sight glasses were used to display the fuel as you were pumping it, so you could check the quality of the fuel you were buying. Due to their removal, most [...]
Service stations do have particulate filters to protect their pumps from rust and other solids. However, these filters do not remove water from fuel, nor do they filter fungal material or microscopic particles of rust, because many of these contaminants are smaller than the micron-rating of service station filters.
Fuel Doctor is a 100% Australian made fuel conditioner originally formulated to clean all types of fuel in inaccessible industrial underground storage tanks. As such, it is effective in all diesel, petrol, and two-stroke fuel systems.
Unfortunately, the first sign you’ll see if you’ve bought contaminated fuel is after the damage has already been done to your fuel system. This damage could be in the form of poor engine performance, lowered fuel efficiency, sooty exhaust, or (if you’re one of the many unlucky ones) the need to replace your injectors, fuel [...]
Fuel Doctor is specifically formulated to do no harm to your tanks, engines, and fuel system components. In fact, one of its primary goals is to add lubrication to your fuel, which reduces pump, injector, and engine wear.
The benefits of Fuel Doctor include: Dispersing water and fungal material from dirty/contaminated fuel Lubricating microscopic solid matter that escapes the fuel filter, to allow them to pass through the fuel system safely Lubricating the entire fuel system and reducing engine component wear Cleaning and preventing gum, varnish, carbon deposits, and other particulate build up [...]
We recommend fitting additional pre-filtration units to all systems. Fuel filters, both standard and aftermarket, play a vital role in keeping your fuel system and engine healthy, and help protect them from foreign matter in your fuel. The reality is though, most fuel filters are designed to filter out solid matter (rust, dirt, and [...]