Need bacteria cleaner that works fast & cheap

[DOE-SST]

I've decided to completely clean out the entire fuel systems on five vans. Take apart every component and hand scrub each piece, replace lines, filters, etc.

One van has a fair amount of bacteria, and I suspect the others have lesser amounts, because they all run fine.

I've tried numerous cleaners, and so far, only biobor dissolves it, but it works much too slowly, softens plastic at full strength, and is a bit expensive. I need something that kills it AND easily removes it. Even after biobor has killed it, the bacteria is a very sticky glue that refuses removal. I'm estimating needing around 15 gallons.

Killem is $550 per 5 gallons, too expensive, and I don't know if it will remove it.

Anyone found a cheaper, faster-acting cleaner?

 

[RLDSL]

I've decided to completely clean out the entire fuel systems on five vans. Take apart every component and hand scrub each piece, replace lines, filters, etc.

One van has a fair amount of bacteria, and I suspect the others have lesser amounts, because they all run fine.

I've tried numerous cleaners, and so far, only biobor dissolves it, but it works much too slowly, softens plastic at full strength, and is a bit expensive. I need something that kills it AND easily removes it. Even after biobor has killed it, the bacteria is a very sticky glue that refuses removal. I'm estimating needing around 15 gallons.

Killem is $550 per 5 gallons, too expensive, and I don't know if it will remove it.

Anyone found a cheaper, faster-acting cleaner?

My gosh, Why on earth would you need 5 gallons of Killem? One little bottle will treat some rediculous amount like 10, 000 gallons, and it will run the unwanted guests carcases out. It's bottled for fuel storage tanks.

 

[DOE-SST]

I tried biobor.

It killed the bacteria, but left all the dead bodies still in the tank. Some of the bodies made it through a new filter and into the IP and injectors.

Those dead bodies are like superglue. Once they sat inside the IP and injectors, they locked up everything. Only hours of ultrasonic baths in biobor dissolved the glue, but this technique won't work on a 38gal fuel tank, or many other components.

Simply killing the bacteria won't solve the problem of locking up fuel system components. I need to physically remove all those dead bodies, as much as humanly possible, and I need a liquid cleaner that works fast.

 

[Diesel JD]

I've heard good things about Kill 'em also, I sure don't think you need 5 gallons of it. Utah Biodiesel Supply has it and it seems like the price I saw there was reasonable. In any case you're going to have to be changing filters pretty frequently until the unwanted guests are gone. It's probably best to completely empty the fuel tanks of the contaminated fuel, change all the filters, add some kill 'em and then drive till the filter indicator light comes on change them again, and perhaps repeat a couple of times.

 

[Diesel JD]

http://www.utahbiodieselsupply.com/biocide.php info on kill'em

 

[DOE-SST]

I've already killed em.

The problem is removing the dead bodies.

The filter didn't stop all the bodies, and when they entered the IP and injectors, the glue-like bacteria locked up everything.

I've dropped one fuel tank, and need to hand-scrub it clean, but am still looking for a solvent that works. MEK won't do anything, and that is about as strong a cleaner I can legally buy.

The bacteria in my tank is like contact cement, press some between two fingers and you really have to pull to separate them.

 

[RLDSL]

I've already killed em.

The problem is removing the dead bodies.

The filter didn't stop all the bodies, and when they entered the IP and injectors, the glue-like bacteria locked up everything.

I've dropped one fuel tank, and need to hand-scrub it clean, but am still looking for a solvent that works. MEK won't do anything, and that is about as strong a cleaner I can legally buy.

The bacteria in my tank is like contact cement, press some between two fingers and you really have to pull to separate them.

All I can say is that biobar must not be all it's cracked up to be because I've used Killem for years and never had that problem. I'ts always kust removed the errant critters to the filter where I just have to keep a handful of filters on hand until everything has passed though. I've never had any get passed teh filter and jam anything up.

 

[idi traveler]

i don't know how true it is but i've heard that biodiesel will kill them and disolve the bodies to the point that you just have to keep filters on hand plus it would clean the tanks out. i've though about driving over to dallas and buying some just for that reason