MBG (candida yeast?) - the little buggers turned a whole can of turpentine into black goo. Still smelled like turpentine, but it was no good for cleaning brushes or thinning paint.
Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII Port Stanley, ON ----- Original Message ----- From: dwight veinot via CnC-List To: [email protected] Cc: dwight veinot Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 04:49 Subject: Re: Stus-List jelly substance on filters Jim has a very good point, that microbiological growth (MBG) can form very slimey matts at the fuel/water interface in your fuel tank...I know very well from my experience as a scientific consultant to the Canadian Navy and biocides are not the answer long term...the bugs can adapt and learn to survive quite well even in biocide treated fuel...they live in the water and survive on the fuel, common candida yeast species for the most part in this MBG, only long effective term solution is to keep the water out of your fuel tank Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS [email protected] On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Jim Watts via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Probably because you put in the biocides. If your tank was bad to start with, all those dead critters have to go somewhere. By "secondary" filter I am assuming you are not talking about the on-engine filter but a Racor...correct me if I'm wrong. Finding goo only in the on-engine filter would be very strange. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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