What to do with 75 litres of red diesel ?

[Boo2]

Hi,

I'm renewing the fuel tank on Sunrunner and since there is around 75 litres of red diesel in the old tank I have something of a quandrary at hand. I could always filter it and stick it in the new tank ready for summer but I don't really want to put 35 years of condensed diesel bug and grot into the new system do I ? I can't use it in the car 'cos it's red...

So what to do with 75 litres of old red diesel ? Or am I being too fussy and should I just tip it in on the basis that d.b. is more likely to come from a bad fill than from the fuel I've already got ?

Boo2

 

[Jim@sea]

Ring a local farmer, Tell him you want £25 if he collects. Job Done.

 

[sarabande]

Oi gotta brand new combine 'arvester that drinks red diesel.

Where is the diesel located and how much for it pls ?

 

[rjcoles]

My solution to a similar problem was to pump the tank out into a clean 45 gallon drum (it had contained acetone) via a Racor filter funnel. I then added some Marine 16 bio-side stirred it in and left it for a week.
I then pumped it back into a clean tank again using the Racor filter funnel and again added some marine 16 maintenance (I think that is what it is called).
I will be able confirm that it worked next June!

 

[Plevier]

Offer it to the club for the travel hoist or forklift, they can use red can't they? Negotiate with Tim!

 

[MASH]

let it settle for a few days, cobble together a polishing rig with a pump and two decent filters in series and transfer it into a clean container. It will be squeaky clean but if in doubt about the cleanliness replace the filter elements and run it through again - and give it a high dose of bug killer before you put it back in the tank.
Having said that its a lot of work for 75litres.

That said the parts for a fuel transfer and polishing rig can be a handy thing to have packed away in an old ice-cream tub somewhere.

 

[Sneaky Pete]

I can't use it in the car 'cos it's red...

You can use it in the car who is going to know unless you tell them, how many times have you been stopped in your car for the inspectorate to check your fuel lines.....never. 75ltr is about £100 at the filling station an early xmas prezzie.

 

[rotrax]

You can use it in the car who is going to know unless you tell them, how many times have you been stopped in your car for the inspectorate to check your fuel lines.....never. 75ltr is about £100 at the filling station an early xmas prezzie.

Once, in Newbury. I was OK, always am. The hassle if you are caught is not worth it. A local farmworker got done, he lost his car for some weeks and had all sorts of charges put on him as well as a record and big fine. The authorities often target vehicles on the A34 near the Abingdon exit as there is a weighbridge and a big parking area. They have Police, Border Agency, HMRC and the Benifit Fraud team there. White Van Man is a favourite target for them. Apparently, offenders often have charges bought by more than one agency.

 

[Lakesailor]

Any farmer will do a deal. However it needs to be less than 35p a litre to make it worth the while.

 

[lynall]

You can use it in the car who is going to know unless you tell them, how many times have you been stopped in your car for the inspectorate to check your fuel lines.....never. 75ltr is about £100 at the filling station an early xmas prezzie.

Used to be quite common on my route to work, havent seen the tester guys for a couple of years now, which means they will be out next week!
Easy way stick it in barrels and leave at the top of the pontoon entrance with a note saying free but may have bug, it will go and save you any hassle


Lynall

 

[Daydreamer]

let it settle for a few days, cobble together a polishing rig with a pump and two decent filters in series and transfer it into a clean container. It will be squeaky clean but if in doubt about the cleanliness replace the filter elements and run it through again - and give it a high dose of bug killer before you put it back in the tank.
Having said that its a lot of work for 75litres.

That said the parts for a fuel transfer and polishing rig can be a handy thing to have packed away in an old ice-cream tub somewhere.

Boo2
You've done the hard part in changing the tank. As above, get a Facet type 12V pump and a filter and polish it. Treat it and don't put it back into the tank until next season. Shame to waste it.

 

[gordmac]

I got some that was buggy and old. Marine 16 bug dose and put maintenance stuff in the tank when I used it, engine ran fine.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Unless your burner is really fussy, burn it in the C.H. system.

Mine takes diesel and paraffin.

 

[lw395]

People who run cement mixers, generators, JCB's also use it.

Is the issue that you want white diesel in your boat for trips to Euroland?

Bug wise, I would just filter it and use it next year.

 

[MM5AHO]

Surely this isn't 35 year old diesel, it is the last 75 litres you put in there.
So why waste it? put it in the new tank.

 

[lenseman]

. . . . So what to do with 75 litres of old red diesel ? . . . . . .

Give it to me, I'll take it from you.