Water getting into oil tanks

[WHPES]

Have had a lot of this over the last few years. Usually caused by the delivery companies accidentally loosening the fill point when they remove their hoses, allowing rainwater to get round the seal.

I stick them up with silicone now.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Have had a lot of this over the last few years. Usually caused by the delivery companies accidentally loosening the fill point when they remove their hoses, allowing rainwater to get round the seal.

I stick them up with silicone now.

i bet that takes some sorting out when water gets in

 

[Dotty]

Tec7. Dobermans Danglies.

 

[WHPES]

I've devised a vacuum extraction method to suck the water out of the bottom, described in an earlier thread

 

[Roger Welton]

Have had a lot of this over the last few years. Usually caused by the delivery companies accidentally loosening the fill point when they remove their hoses, allowing rainwater to get round the seal.

I stick them up with silicone now.

Went to exactly this last year they had had the oil company out to look at there water ingress problem, and they'd tried to sell them a new tank! It was a friends mum so I popped by to have a look, bit of silicone and nipped it up and its been right as rain ever since.

 

[Millsy 82]

I went to an old metal tank the other day with no screw in filling point on it that had water in it I just kind of guesed it has built up over the years with the tank sweating unless somebody left the top open by mistake.

 

[Roger Welton]

At leas a lot of the old steel tanks had a slight drop towards the far end with sludging cocks, made life so easy, still I supose it it progress

 

[Best]

At leas a lot of the old steel tanks had a slight drop towards the far end with sludging cocks, made life so easy, still I supose it it progress

Progress - maybe, but the plastic tanks are a worry IMO as they can crack & they stretch. The metal tanks under a roof were a great job, all you needed to do was remove water from the drain end.

 

[Roger Welton]

As you say plastic tanks crack, and can do so with out too much warning,m at least with steel, you gat a few years notice as they started to rot out.

 

[Dannypipe]

I didn't realise, that unless you have mentioned to your insurance company that you have oil stored on the property, and there is a leak...you may not be covered. Heard a horror story on recent OFTEC course. From one of the inspectors. Been telling customers to mention it to their insurersso god forbid if there ever is a problem (leak) they won't get shafted.

 

[Dannypipe]

Oh and I had so much oil in my tank a few years back, that during the cold weather, the boiler shut off. I opened up the filter and it was a solid block of ice!