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Hello All,
I suspect I have microbes
in my recent batches of BD.
After washing, I drained the BD and allowed it to
settle. After a few days I noticed a whispy sediment on the bottom of the
containers of fuel. I gave the batch another wash and cleaned my 5 gal. settling
containers. The wash water was clear, but again the whispy sediment appeared
after a few days.
My next batch seemed to
wash very well, but again, a whispy sediment can be observed after the BD is
drained and allowed to settle.
I brought a sample of the
sediment to a local high school. We prepared a stained slide and observed a
multitude of tiny uniformly-shaped spheres at 400X.
I put 1 drop of the
sediment in a glass jar w. 250ml of clear, uncontaminated BD and put 250ml of
the same clear BD in an identical glass jar (control). Less than 24 hrs. later
the "innoculated" jar is slightly cloudy w. a very fine sediment on the bottom
and the control jar continues to be clear.
- I started using WVO that includes some
tallow. I noticed a post from JJN on 3/17/06
Re: Tallow:
"I am treating
all my bio with both an anti fungal and anti oxidant treatment since I use
tallow alot."
1. Any thoughts/similar
experience?
2. If it's microbes of some sort, should I treat the fuel w. a
diesel anti-microbial and then filter it?
Will a
10 micron filter remove these critters?
3. If microbes are
present, do I have to be concerned w.
metabolic byproducts screwing up the fuel?
4. If not microbes, what's the
whispy stuff?
Thanks,
Tom |
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