Oil & Fuel Diesel fuel additive

[Goog]

I am in charge of the fuel at our city maintenance facility and recently learned more than I ever wanted to know about microbes in diesel fuel. We have a 3000 gallon steel tank and that lasts about a month. We started to see brown slime in filters and an almost rusty type substance refered to as coffee grounds in some articles on the top of the filter where the fuel enters.
We had just gotten a fleet magazine with pictures of this excact problem. I called our fuel supplier and he took samples direct from the tank and after our 10 micron dispenser filter. Positive on both for microbes. So it went in all of our vehicles also. The tank was filled as full as possible and treated with biocide. Now we buy our diesel with an additive to prevent this. Apparently the microbe problem is worse with the ultra low sulphur diesel. We got lucky and cought it pretty early. I am going to pick up an additive for my L3400 that kills microbes because it can't hurt. I am normally not in favor of additives but this has been a learning experience. If you are bored Google diesel fuel microbes and start reading. It will scare you. Brian

 

[JJZ 109]

5* Got any pictures of your 15 gallon container with the the 12 volt pump ?

The ones in the posts archived here are long gone. The project was in May 2009, I finally found from searching this site. In fact I got some advice from you when constructing the thing. :laughing: If I remember, you got your pump from Northern Tool. I found the exact same pump with a different brand decal on it at ebay. That's what I use.
It's a 15 gallon poly container from Gempler plumbed with black iron pipe, the 12 volt pump, a water separating filter and the service station type hose & nozzle from Tractor Supply. I keep a deep cycle battery on hand to run the pump.