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....................'When it positively, absolutely has to be destroyed overnight..........'
Don't want to get your hopes up....sometimes the seal will allow air to be sucked into the system just enough to mess up the fuel milage good, so you've described. The General is right....your pump is probably on the downhill slide....but you might be able to change out that seal and drive it a...
How does the engine run....as good as its Been? Crank up OK? Does it smoke excissively on starteup? Does it pull as hard as it always has? Does it smoke bad doing it?
Yes....theres some additive you can add to your fuel that'll help....it'll probably take a couple of tanks to clean them sufficiently....its as close as your favorite automotive parts store......
IF you don't see a difference....
1. Engine load is going up.....(ie, brakes getting tighter, wheel bearing or pinion bearing going out, carrying more weight, trans troubles, etc...)
2. Engine wearing out or fuel system getting clogged.....possibly water in the diesel (extremely bad for the IP)...
Yes...it could be the IP wearing out....but is most likely fuel quality. Blending of diesel fuels is probably the culprit. When they mix ethanol to fuels....sometimes it makes it way into diesel also....it doesn't burn good with high compression engines.
Just as a experiment......grab a couple...