If you had a tank of stuff that nearly everything on the planet saw as food, would you leave it open to atmosphere and let the whatever get into your pump without having an intake screen on the stinger to stop leaves, mold, etc., or would you cap it with a breathing (small differential) cap -and use an intake screen on each stinger anyway?
Thinking partially plugged intake screen on/in the stinger?
Dear hob:
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My recollection was that he had a capped tank, and drilled thru the cap to allow the stinger (a bare-ended pipe) to enter.
I don't think there is enough "variety" in biodiesel to sustain a culture for long. Not enough bacterial "specialists" in nature yet either, given the few sites where it is available.
No, I think you nailed it with "troll", I am sorry to say.
A plugged screen might do what he described, but he never indicated he had one of those either. Apparently, anything that enters his tank, is caught by the fuel filter on the recipient's vehicles.
David A. Smith
There are loose-fitting covers over the top ports on the tanks...no debris can enter. However, on the output side of the pump, there is also a 10 micron filter, so all pumped fuel is clean.
Sorry to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that outgassing is not a credible cause under the circumstances described. Paul
Come on, you know its a bad tee. Go on: change it out!
Brian Whatcott Altus OK
Agree that T is most likely culprit. Will change out in due course. pm
Really? Sounds pretty silly to me. What sort of mechanism inside the tee could be completely obstructing the flow from tank A until tank B gets almost empty and then switches to completely obstructing the flow from tank B. Of course one could design and build such a mechanism, but to think that such a device has developed in the tee by accident is about on par with thinking out-gassing of diesel fuel is the cause.
-jim
"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
I remember those things Brian. They were bloody unreliable. You had to filter the air to just about medical quality if they were to go a month without choking up. I had the satisfaction of dumping two of them.
Tom Miller
Such a cute idea though. And slow, and fussy!
Brian Whatcott Altus OK
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