For dried up and varnish-like fuel, E85, brake clean, and carb cleaner work. But you mentioned biodiesel:
Do you have an issue with the bacteria, or 'Diesel Bug' sliming up your lines? I had read on this forum and others about the bacteria that can live and propagate in low-sulphur diesel (especially biodiesel) and gum up a fuel system. I never really paid much attention to it nor even believed it was that big of an issue: I figured that not many self-respecting bacteria would live in diesel fuel.
I learned my lesson: I went to get one of my old Masseys ready to sell. It had been sitting for just under two years. The tank had fresh diesel with stabilizer in it before I parked it, stored in a dry shed.
Holy smackers - what a nightmare. The diesel bacteria problem had got me bad: Every fuel system component was full of some thick, green, tar-like, slimy sludge. It looked like something you'd find rotting in Ted Nugent's shower drain. It was a struggle to clean, and I spent a long time trying to find something that would dissolve it, but with little luck. Brake clean wouldn't touch it. The best solution was to let things soak in methyl hydrate, but even it wasn't superb. Once clean, I ran fresh diesel through it with a healthy dose of 'Biobor JF' to kill any remaining bacteria so the bacteria couldn't propagate/multiply. It was a nasty, sticky, slimy job, and I've learned my lesson not to keep diesel sitting around for too long.
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