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>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
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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
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