Two pipe oil from top of fuel tank

John Luebbers_2

Good morning, This morning I'm going to convert a one pipe to a two pipe fuel set up on a Beckett cmf po set up. Tank is located in the basement burner located on first floor. About 7-8 ft lift, and 10 - 15 ft run. I'm going to install the lines into the top of the tank through a duplex bushing. Currently unit is set up one pipe from bottom of tank no filter, according to home owner, lots of problems , priming, clogged nozzles etc. Any thoughts on my plan of attack here?

ed wallace

2 pipe top take off

i prefer to use a scully snorkle gauge that way oil comes off from top 2 inches of oil

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Ken_8

It might be easier

to simply let the tank run dry and clean it.

Cleaning might involve putting 5 gallons of kerosene in and circulating the slop with a "pony" pump through a 5-gallon pail filled with filter media and getting all the junk out. Blow the existing fuel line with compressed air and or carb cleaner or acetone might assure no lingering carbon ring or sludge contamination?

After dumping the slop and cleaning the bottom, add a good fuel treatment and have the tank filled with clean oil.

A lot cheaper than re-piping the world and the customer should be okay for another 20 years. Wouldn't hurt to add a treatment on each fill for a while to clean up any lingering sludge that may have been missed.

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Unknown

pump, dump and clean

If you use a snorkel to avoid the sludge you only allow more bateria growth and more sludge.

Transfer the oil through a filter to drums, clean the tank, pump the oil back in and put in a good biocide.

Two pipe system may not solve your existing proble, and why pump 20000 (yes I said twenty thousand) gallons of oil to deliver 800?

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Unknown

Yes , why pump much more oil

than the burner would ever need with 2 pipe ? We like to use the Tigerloop in a lift situation . All the benefits of 2 pipe , while using one line , and moving only enough oil to burn .

A good oil treatment will clean a crappy tank without filtation , it worked at my own home . I used Sid Harvey's STR-2 before each fillup and it broke up the 3 decades of spooge in the tank .