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What Are Microbes and How Do I Get Rid of Them?
| Which is it? Algae or Microbes? |
| Algae are plants that require sunlight to live and grow - and there's no sunlight in a closed fuel tank. Microbes are a form of animal that require water and food to live and grow. Technically, the growths in fuel tanks are microbes. |
| Microbe colonies grow at the fuel/water interface in the tank and show up as a black mass in the fuel filter. These are anaerobic animals that need water for respiration and fuel for food - any free water will support their growth. They grow quite rapidly in warmer temperatures and can even grow in cold weather when fuel tank heaters are installed. ULSD fuel grows microbes faster than LSD. |
| Two Ways to Stop Microbe Growth |
- Kill the microbes with poison. There are a number of poisons on the market which must be handled very carefully because they are as advertised - poison.
- Eliminate a necessary component of microbe life - water. K100 permanently bonds itself to each water molecule, totally encapsulating it with a combustible shell the microbes can't get through. With no water for respiration, microbes can't survive.
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| In either case, frequent fuel filter chances are necessary to remove the microbial skeletons. |
| The Total Solution to the Microbe Problem |
| Start with a clean tank. "Polishing" the diesel fuel only removes the free-floating mass and generally doesn't eliminate the colony that adheres to the walls of the tank. If the problem is small enough, K100 will starve out existing colonies and eliminate conditions for future growth. If there is a large colony, the only total solution is to drain and steam clean the tank. |
| Use continuous prevention. An initial "shock treatment" won't prevent the microbes from coming back. Treatment must be continuous - whether using poison or K100 - to prevent microbe growth. |
| Poison Vs. K100 |
Poison kills microbes. K100 kills microbes, eliminates all water-related problems, increases lubricity in ULSD by 20-40%, cleans the fuel system, reduces black smoke and emissions, increases cetane 2 points, and stabilizes fuel. Tough choice. |
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