Cleaning a residential oil tank

JC76 · 10-07-2011 7:26pm #1

Hi,

Just looking for some advice my daughter put some peat into my MIL's:mad: oil tank, dont think it was too much maybe just a couple of handfulls anybody know what if anything needs to be done??

Thanks

.243 · 10-07-2011 8:59pm

is the tank steel or plastic and is there a fall back on it

JC76 · 10-07-2011 9:39pm

The tank is plastic, sorry dont know what a fall back is??

meercat · 10-07-2011 9:45pm

if the tank is tilted away from outlet pipe, the peat (or any other foreign bodies)will settle away from the filter so you will probably be ok

Outkast_IRE · 10-07-2011 9:45pm

A fall back is when the tank is off level so any particles fall to the end away from the pipe out this would work in your favour in this situation. maybe something like a fishing net on a long pole and a torch could help you get the worst of it out

Billy Bunting · 10-07-2011 9:56pm

Oil filters would catch the rest, clean it regually till out of oil then clean the tank before the fill, service boiler before re-using.

.243 · 11-07-2011 9:06pm

if its plastic and your fairly sure only a cpl of handfuls went in you'll be ok,no panic required,as plastic tank outlet fittings are an inch or two above the bottom of the tank

Cleaning a residential oil tank

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