Pook - 17 May 2008 02:01 PM
recently read on this forum a guy who worked with oil state that since the low sulfur oil had been used, oil lines plugged up more often.
i remember sulfa drugs being an antibiotic? & wonder how removing sulfur from k2 etc. might affect the bacterial growth within the oil.
Might have been me. We have noticed what seems to be just general debris and sludge coming lose and clogging filters. Many times it’s the pump screen or the sintered brass filter on the back of the nozzle. This would indicate it’s junk that has come out of the line if there’s some length between the filter and the pump. Can’t say it’s bio based like the slimy snot caused by bacterial growth. Seems to be just dirt and stuff in the lines that the low sulfur oil loosens up. I have a feeling that it has a little more of a solvent characteristic to it than the old #2 oil. I don’t know for sure that the oil is the problem but we started seeing more of this when the local oil co’s. began shipping the low sulfur product.
On the other hand we notice a marked difference in the condition of the inside of the boiler or furnace. When the burner is set up right, the L/S stuff will burn very very clean.
