sludge in water separator!

[greg_a_morton]

guys I empty my water separator about twice a month because I use high amounts of wmo. I have small amounts of sludge at the bottom of bowl when I drain each time. I am assuming that it is water and oil mix that is making this sludge but I have never been around algae. I use diesel clean in each 55 gallon drum of my filtered mwo mix. What am I seeing do yall think?

 

[gearhead]

Is the sludge black?If so you are probally correct. water + oil emulsifies.Depending on the water content you will get liquid emulsion or sludge.

 

[greg_a_morton]

yea its black. Thats what I was thinking it was but I have never had any algae that I new of.

 

[spg]

It may be contaminents in the oil that are still left in the oil after your filtration process. You may need to filter your oil through a better filtering process.

 

[greg_a_morton]

I am using bags to filter down to 1 micron. I heat my fuel and on the truck there is the water separator and 4 filters with different micron ratings. I will never be happy with my filtering untill I have a centrifuge.

 

[gearhead]

BTW my centrifuge removes that sludge.go to simplecentrifuge.com.Just order the bowl and the motor and make the rest.my stand and casing I think was about 100.That includes machining the base plate for the motor.I built mine out of steel BTW.

 

[gatorman21218]

Anytime there is any water present in a fuel tank , there will most likely be algae. Its not the green stuff that grows in your fishbowl, but rather microbes that live in the diesel/water layer and feed on the diesel. I recommend using a biocide such as Biobor Jf. Diesel Kleen will not kill the algae. I know you can get Biobor at most marine stores (West Marine and the like) but you can also buy it online- search amazon.com. You cant filter it out i dont think without killing it first. I know one thing though- that algae will tear up your fuel system.