>From: Alex Kaarsberg <kaarsber@terra.com.br>
>Subject: Re: Europa-List: 914 Starting tips
> >It's probably caused by either a yeast or a bacteria, if the engine has
> >stood for a long time, or indeed the fuel in the bowser has become
> >infected, the organism forms a sludge. 2 strokes get it in UK apparently.
> >So do fishing boats, they call it a virus but I think it's more likely a
> yeast.
> >RAF jet bombers used to get it in the tropics, first noticed on Canberras
> >in Malaysia I remember.
> >Graham
> >
> >
> >
>Its a fungus and it lives in the interface between fuel and water,
>another reason to drain drain and drain the tank when its hot and humid.
>I have decontaminated the tanks on an F27 once by flooding the tank with
>turpentine which kills it.
>Additives can be had to prevent against attacks.
>
>Alex
Alex
This is just the sort of thing worth learning about, thanks for that.
Where would one look to buy the additives?
Graham
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