Cloudy keresone

JabbaTheHut

Last weekend, my oil burner stopped. After much inspection, the pump on it had failed. In the process of finding the fault I saw that the keresone was cloudy. It's been in the tank since April of last year when the price of oil was at an all time low. It was in a 1000 litre tank, but had about 500 litres of it used last winter, so it's been sitting a while. I replaced the pump, but changed the the tank for a 25 litres one on a temporary basis, with new clear kerosene, as I suspect the cloudy kerosene is water contaminated, and the reason for the pump failing in the first place.

I came across this site

https://www.centretank.com/news/story/what-does-cloudy-diesel-fuel-mean

which says they sell an absorber that can clean the keresone. https://www.centretank.com/products/detail/aquafighter-canvas-fuel-tank-water-absorber

Thing is, that's a UK site, and I was hoping to find somewhere here that supplies the same or similar product. Or, is there an old wives trick that can be done to do the same job? I have c500 litres of oil I cannot burn as it is.

whizbang

This one might be better in Plumbing and Heating..

My experience is its very unusual for cloudy fuel to remain undefinitly in a tank. It normally settles out, particularly since last april.

Was the cloudy stuff in the pump ? if so thats probably just a small amount in the lines mixing at the pump.

Did you drain a sample from your tank? If its got water in it, how is water getting into the tank ??

thats a much bigger issue..

JabbaTheHut

I took a sample from the tank. It's an IBC tank, so I can also look into it and see it's cloudy. It hasn't any cracks or anything on it, so I'm not sure where the water is getting in.

Thanks for the tip on the plumbing and heating section. I'll post it there.

Lumen

I don't see how a water/kerosene mix can stay cloudy unless it's contamined with something else like detergent.

Maybe put some in a glass jar and see if it settles outside the tank.