Fuel

[SPYDERLK]

Cant figure out where to put this so I chose the most viewed forum:
,,,Anybody know whether adding a little anti freeze to a diesel fuel filler supply tank will inhibit water in the bottom from eating a hole?

Thanks,
,,,larry

 

[leonz]

Helllo Larry,

Nope it wont make diference it will make it worse; you need to have the fuel filtered
watewr removed and in the process the filtering will break everythng up and out and suck it out.

Your oil company should know who travels around and filters bulk tanks for a per gallon fee.

 

[Raised on a Deere]

My 250 gal bulk tank is fitted with a filter in a glass bowl mounted at bottom of tank . The tank is tilted slightly and up high to gravity feed into vehicles. Occasionally drain the bowl if I see water. This was my dads tank, bough sometime during WWII. In other words all the water goes where it can be seen and dealt with. 70 years of not being concerned about what water is doing to tank. I wish my air compressor was as worry free.

 

[SPYDERLK]

My 250 gal bulk tank is fitted with a filter in a glass bowl mounted at bottom of tank . The tank is tilted slightly and up high to gravity feed into vehicles. Occasionally drain the bowl if I see water. This was my dads tank, bough sometime during WWII. In other words all the water goes where it can be seen and dealt with. 70 years of not being concerned about what water is doing to tank. I wish my air compressor was as worry free.

I have an old heating oil tank, maybe like yours -- 275G. I pump from a few inches off bottom, so Im not concerned about pulling water, but I know condensation will collect. There is a bottom drain cock, but I am worried about some small pocket that the drain cock doesnt remove. This could cause an eventual rust thru. ... It occurs to me that if ethylene glycol anti freeze were added to that water it would be less corrosive. My concern is whether some interaction with the diesel would foul something up. :confused3:

 

[JRobyn]

I accidentally got a tiny amount of ethylene glycol coolant splashed into the fuel line on my motorcycle. So slight I didn't even know it had happened. It turned into a pasty, gummy glob in the bottom of the carburetor fuel bowls and clogged all the idle jets. Granted, this was gasoline and not diesel, but I wouldn't want even the slightest amount of ethylene glycol anywhere near any fuel of any kind!

- Jay