Water in oil tanks

[EPH]

What's the easiest way to remove said nuisance?

looking about 50-75mm in the bottom of a 1000 litre tank.

 

[lame plumber]

george, vacuum it out then an oil tank drier to mop up the residue

 

[EPH]

It's currently also holding around 500 litres of oil.

 

[MarkOil]

Like he says, vacuum pump from HWOS attached to something long and straight, 10mm copper maybe?
Then a tank dryer from HWOS for the residue.

 

[SimonG]

Length of 15mm copper, hose pipe and some clear containers. Keep syphoning until it turns yellow. Don't forget to dispose of the water correctly as it's contaminated.

 

[Best]

I just syphon the water out, obviously providing the tank is higher than the position I am syphoning it to.
I run it into drums, although if you are careful to keep the hose at lowest part of tank, then it will just be water.
Trick is getting it started.
Firstly i better say nobody should risk getting oil near their mouth, so never attempt to start a syphon other than by a pump or other means!
I just use a few feet of pipe onto a hose for the tank fill the hose with water & with the lowest end sealed, lower it & unseal it.
Can remove nearly all the water while leaving the oil in the tank.

 

[lame plumber]

george saves you getting carcanogenic fluids in your gob, and is easier imho

 

[Best]

george saves you getting carcanogenic fluids in your gob, and is easier imho

Absolutely! That is why I said I fill a hose with water to start a syphon from an oil tank.
I should have also said NEVER risk in any way getting oil near your mouth.
Will edit my post.

 

[lame plumber]

6 further posts to cover what i said in post 2 ( theres a few smug gits on here )

 

[mark mullens]

Hi there should be a drain off valve on the bottom of the tank as all the water will be at the bottom of the tank if not you can get a small drill powered pump safe with gas oil or diesel that you can use from machine mart use this with a length of micro bore copper tube to the bottom of the tank to pump the water out. Good luck this will work.

 

[mark mullens]

smug is right only petrol is a carcenogin not gas oil who would have thought it

 

[Best]

smug is right only petrol is a carcenogin not gas oil who would have thought it

I would never have thought that Kerosine was not carcinogenic!
I googled Kerosine & see it is still can cause death, serious damage to lungs & obviously also cause dermatitis.
So still better avoid any contact with it, especially your mouth & lungs.

 

[Roger Welton]

Personally don't mind the taste of kerosene, diesel on the other hand is awful.

 

[Dotty]

Personally don't mind the taste of kerosene, diesel on the other hand is awful.

It's just the oily burping all day afterwards gets me.....

 

[lame plumber]

smug is right only petrol is a carcenogin not gas oil who would have thought it

not according to the rest of the world and google

 

[WHPES]

Its normally the POCs of the oils that are nasty.

Back onto the subject, I have built myself a rig using a transfer pump and lance made from 22mm copper which I extract the debris and water from the bottom of tanks with rather like a vacuum cleaner. I have built a separator out of an old F&E cistern which works like a kitchen fat separator and puts the good kerosene back into the tank.

 

[Bunker]

It's just the oily burping all day afterwards gets me.....

But hell, its a cheap pint..