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Cleaning diesel tank
"Garland Gray II" wrote in message ... This winter I plan on removing my stainless steel fuel tank, so this is a good time to clean the inside. I figured I'd take it somewhere that does this sort of thing...steam it out, I thought. The place recommended by my local fuel distributor said he would just use a pressure washer, cold at that, and that I could do that as well as he. Now, maybe he is thinking of a 10,000 gal tank which is somewhat larger than what I'm dealing with. Same principles would apply, but he'd have better access than I will thru the little clean-out hole. Anybody have experience with this ? Any suggestions ? I recently had the fuel polished in the tanks on my boat by the marina service department. They recommended the following: First they gave each tank a large dose of biocide, let it sit for a week or so, then waited for a fairly rough sea state here on Buzzard's Bay on Cape Cod. The boat was run for an hour or so at varying speeds and at normally uncomfortable angles to the sea state to slosh the fuel around as much as possible. It also helped to sit at the mercy of the waves in neutral, allowing the boat to rock as much as possible. It was then returned to the dock and the fuel was polished before the Racors clogged up. I was told that a lot of the growth of "critters" adheres to the side walls of the tank, baffles and bottom. The biocide with kill 'em but will not necessary suspend the dead carcasses in the fuel. Sloshing the fuel around helps remove as much of it as possible as these areas are somewhat difficult to get to with a power washing wand, especially through the fuel fills. Eisboch |
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Cleaning diesel tank
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 04:26:24 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
Sloshing the fuel around helps remove as much of it as possible as these areas are somewhat difficult to get to with a power washing wand, especially through the fuel fills. It certainly does, although most people find out the hard way after their filters clog on a rough day. I was talking to a professional fuel polisher in North Carolina last month who highly recommends Priocide. He said that it is as effective as Biobor at kiling "diesel bugs" but results in less clumping. That makes the residue easier to filter and less prone to clogging tank screens. http://www.priproducts.com/priocide.htm |
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Cleaning diesel tank
Thanks; these are some things I can do in the future.
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