Fuel Tank Cleaning and
Fuel Polishing

Fuel Tank Cleaning Facts:

• A micron is a metric measure equal to one millionth of a meter, or 1/25,000th of an inch. The smallest particle visible to the naked eye is 40 microns across. A human hair is 80 microns in diameter, and a single grain of talcum powder is 15 microns.
• Emergency service calls are sometimes done with vacuum service trucks to remove the tank bottom water. Using vacuum trucks without fuel/water separators; fuel retailers can lose as much as 500-1,000 liters of product along with the water.
• Emergency Station down time is costly and should be prevented at all cost.
• Tank cleaning is a relative term. A clean tank should be able to store fuel in a condition that exceeds the engine manufacturers.
• Most fuel storage tanks do not have a protective coating on the inside; only raw metal with tiny pores that become home to fungi and acidic bacteria when any moisture is present.
• Water presence in your tanks is a big No-No Phase Separation and can lead to rust formation and eventual tank leak if water remains for a long period of time.
• The most damaging fungi and bacteria problem is found floating at the fuel/water interface at the storage tank bottom. his contamination can easily be ingested into your engine's fuel pickup tube, clog your filters and stop your engine.
• Removing tank bottom water and the interface microbes will eliminate 98% of filter clogging problems.
• CLEANTANKS application can remove water and contaminants with minimal product loss
• Clean fuels + Happy Customers = Profitable Business