Diesel Bug Information
There are known to be over 20 species of fuel bugs that can take-up residence in your fuel tank. If the conditions are suitable they ‘move in’ and start to multiply. The fungal spores are carried by air and water, entering your fuel system via filling ports, vents and by condensation within the diesel tank. The air space above the fuel in tanks contains water vapour. The walls of the tanks are cool and the water vapour condenses on these surfaces. This water subsequently accumulates and sinks to the bottom of the tank creating an ideal environment for the growth of the most common of bacteria or fungi known as - “Cladisporium Resinae”.
Once in a fuel supply these unwelcome guests exist virtually undetected and wait for the right conditions for growth. They can double their numbers every 20 minutes and one single spore can produce over 260,000 cloned descendants in six hours. Each spore lives for about 48 hours and as older fungi die their bodies accumulate, forming a slime that ultimately floats upwards into the fuel - so it doesn’t take long for the bugs to dominate the entire fuel system.
Fungal infestation can ‘spoil’ the fuel and as the sludge is drawn into the engine, quickly clogging filters, causing loss of power, narrowing fuel lines and eventually leading to engine breakdown. No fun if your engine stops when battling against a force 8 gale and strong currents! The damage does not stop there. A portion of sludge adheres to the inner walls of the tank and fuel lines producing corrosive hydrogen sulphide that causes metal defects and pitting of the injectors and fuel related components.
Condensation will occur at the refinery, fuel depots and fuel jetties, in holding tanks and in all boat tanks. The fuel/water interface in these vessels is where both hydrocarbons and dissolved oxygen provides the ideal environment for the dreaded bug to thrive.
Cladisporium Resinae can have many guises ranging from mousse, treacle, candyfloss, cotton wool etc and forms tangled threads a few microns in diameter, forming thick, tough mycelium mats at fuel/water interface. These micro-organisms will consume rubber gaskets, O-rings, hoses, tank linings and coatings in an effort to obtain their mineral content............
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Benefits:
- Substantial fuel cost savings
- Prevents an interface from forming between the fuel and water layers where undesirable diesel bug bacteria grow.
- Cleans engines.
- Improves engine efficiency.
- Unblocks injectors.
- Promotes clean and efficient combustion of fuel.
- Significant reduction in harmful emissions.
- Eliminates black smoke.
- Increase in power and torque
- Lowers engine temperature
- Prolongs filter life.
- Reduces engine operating and maintenance costs.
- Reduction in engine downtime.
- Environmentally safe and eco friendly.
Applications:
Fuel Saver and Engine Conditioner can be used in all petrol and diesel engines including motor vehicles, trucks, heavy machinery, buses, ferries, tugboats, dredges, generators and stationary engines.
Features:
- Improves fuel consumption.
- Removes water from fuel by enabling the fuel and water to emulsify.
- Cleans and eliminates diesel bug.
- Dissolves waxes, varnishes and gums in the fuel system.
- Improves engine performance.
- Does not contain hydrocarbons, sulphur, phosphorus, nitrogen or metallic ingredients.
- Will not alter the Octane or Cetane levels in the fuel and therefore will not void the engine or fuel warranty
- Non hazardous, non flammable and non-corrosive.
- Easy to use.
- Cannot be overdosed.
- Added to fuel at a dilution rate of 1:4000.
- Add to storage tanks or fuel tanks prior to filling.
- Available in 20, 200 litre drums or
- 1,000 litre Palecon.
