Diesel Bug and the Diesel Dipper

[Nito]

Horrible isn't it?! I've seen a few pics of it, and it looks horrific like that. However keep in mind that once the diesel is drained out, all you have is sludge and it's no longer in suspension. With the dipper it's supposed to be most effective at sea because the swishing about has it in suspension where the dipper can suck it out and do its thing to separate it. Look in this vid when he sprays something and agitates it how much easier it becomes.

I took some more sludge out at the weekend, I had the dipper running while I was replacing the belts on both engines and then went to it when I'd finished. I've nearly filled a 500ml bottle with the sludge just sat in port, to think that the stuff can also be acidic, I've seen quite a few posts and photos since of welds on tanks with pinhole perforations where the acid has attacked them. I'm very pleased to have fitted this, just based on what it has drawn out already to date. Looking forward to seeing what it will draw out in total.

 

[Nito]

A little update.

We took the boat out at the weekend for an hour, it's first outing in 5 months!

The bottle on the left is what the dipper pulled out in port. To the right is what it did on its first outing.



In total so far, the contamination the dipper has extracted is on the bottle on the left below. As at now it is running clean again as per bottle on the right. I expect a similar story for the next few outings as the tank contents get stirred up and any sediment hiding around the baffles/edges gets sucked up by the dipper. The contents of that left bottle (except the liquid at the top) is almost a solid body of thick sludge now it's all concentrated like that and feels heavier than the other bottle. I'll be syringing the remainder diesel out of that bottle and exploring the contents of it at some point!



It's good to see how clean the diesel is coming out now and feels great knowing the fuel system has been future proofed going forward. I have to say I'm delighted that the dipper is performing exactly as well as advertised!