I'll show You a fungal infestation...

but I already did some time ago-

for the past few weeks I've been purposely not topping off my tank... so that today I would have fewer then 10 gallons of diesel left (the capacity of my two fuel cans) and could re-siphon my baby's fuel tank to see how effective the previous flush and application of Bio-Bor were in eliminating the fungal/bacterial infestation.


Just look at that perfectly clear hose!!! Not one BIT of greenish brown sludge... no particles, no huge clumps, no residue on the end of the siphon hose after pushing it along the bottom of the tank looking for any hold-outs.

It's very difficult to get every bit of bacteria removed, and even after full flushes it's common for an infestation to return- I think that means that I have my very first example of Selma Lee being Lucky :)


Last time I siphoned the fuel- I only put a few gallons back in, then kept the rest in a fuel can in the trunk. I wanted to run out of diesel- to see whether my fuel gauge would be true right to the end- and to determine at what point my fuel light would come on. While at the same time having a stash of diesel ready, in the car, when it did happen. Well the light never came on- but the fuel gauge behaved as it should have.

Then last month I ran out of fuel, half way to work, when the gauge indicated about half a tank.

Today I siphoned out about eight gallons. I put five back in- which should be right at 1/4 of a tank... we'll see if that's indicated when I start her up later. The other three gallons are in the backseat for when I need them... we'll see how the experiment goes this time. I may be replacing my fuel sensor in the near future.


While I was waiting for all that fuel to siphon- I went at the windows again. Over the weekend I got most of the inside of the front windshield cleaned... today I tackled some of the door windows.

It's harder then you'd think-


I start by using Windex to clean off any dirt. Then I go over the window in three to four inch square sections- spraying Simple Green on the square being addressed, then wiping in 1 inch diameter circular motions till that one spot is dry- using a new, dry section of paper towel for each inch.

It's an oily residue- and the only way to address it is to get it caught up in large amounts of Simple Green and then use the dry towel to soak up the combined mixture. If you use a wet bit of towel you'll just smear the oily substance that's on the towel back onto the window. If you don't have enough Simple Green on the spot- then you just smear the oil into new patterns.

Each little circle must be dry before you more to the next inch- or residue will be left that will later be smeared onto other "clean" areas.

After that I come back with the Windex to remove any streaks left by the Simple Green.


This works for the inside of the windows... which I presume are in this state from when someone tried to remove the dark tint (clearly a cheap after-market job) that can still be found in some corners where it didn't all come off.

The outside of the windows however- are a little more difficult. I can't get a good picture of it- but it looks like there are little watermarks- like would be left over after rain, covering the windows... but it won't come off for anything- it almost seems like it's inside the glass...

investigations will commence.