Water in kerosene tank

fatherted1969

I filled my tank a few weeks ago and have had problems with my burner ever since. It looks like I have some water in the tank. When I tried to drain it from the burner it looks like water has somehow got into the tank. How do I go about getting the rest of it out with a full tank of kerosene ?

Thanks

Walter Becket

Syphon it out. You need a piece of copper pipe to go to the bottom of the tank and some gardening hose from there. Syphon into a clean bucket the oil will float on the water so you can pore it back in.
The garden Hose will push up onto 1/2" copper pipe. On the end that's in the tank make a gap about 1/4" up wards this is because the bottom of the pipe could sit flat in the bottom of the tank and make it difficult to syphon.

Wearb

Also if you blow back into your syphon before sucking you will blow out the oil that got into it as you inserted the copper (stiff) pipe in the tank. That way you should start with water coming straight away.

You will probably have to have the boiler serviced/repaired now. All good service techs will have water finder paste to check the tank to see if water really is the problem.

Wearb

Meant to mention that after removing the water, you need to clean the pipe from tank to pump. Clean pump, and line to nozzle and replace nozzle. You have been very lucky so far if your pump hasn't been damaged.

jimf

if you are proposing to do the sucking yourself which is deff not healthy then maybe a length of clear hose attached to the copper so you can as least see the contents are on the way

crock!

Get a clear 25 liter drum and you can see how much water came out and when to stop.you can get one from any filling station that sells kero.then get a service.he will check the filter and run a bit from the oil line.pump might survive or may not.time will tell