oil and water don't mix.
Nov. 23rd, 2003 09:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmdi feel bad for my downstairs tenant -- it looks like the vent cap on his oil tank rotted thru a bit or was tilted wrong or otherwise something happened with it and water got into the oil tank.
and you know what they say about oil and water.
so, since water is denser than diesel fuel, it sinks to the bottom and mucks things up and they have to drain the water out and usually replace the nozzle on it and you end up with no heat while this happens.
and if you're (un)lucky, the water is scattered enough along the bottom of the tank that you have to do this several times. in this case, twice. hopefully this did it all, but there's a small chance his heat will wedge again. harrumf. at least the weather isn't too cold yet.
and you know what they say about oil and water.
so, since water is denser than diesel fuel, it sinks to the bottom and mucks things up and they have to drain the water out and usually replace the nozzle on it and you end up with no heat while this happens.
and if you're (un)lucky, the water is scattered enough along the bottom of the tank that you have to do this several times. in this case, twice. hopefully this did it all, but there's a small chance his heat will wedge again. harrumf. at least the weather isn't too cold yet.
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Date: 2003-11-23 08:20 am (UTC)CZ
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Date: 2003-11-23 09:32 am (UTC)Until I got my tank replaced, I had water issues a few times. (Problematic cap. The tank was fine.) But they told me it was water floating on top of the diesel fuel.
Maybe they were just being very unclear. Repeatedly. Because (looking for reference on the web), diesel's specific density does seem to be .82 - .87, at vaguely normal temperature ranges.
Hm.
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Date: 2003-11-23 09:35 am (UTC)If he's your tenant, isn't this your responsibility?
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Date: 2003-11-23 09:37 am (UTC)---Ben
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