I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I
intend to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled
skin variety, siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring
at a suitable moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to
the new? They will be about 10m apart. I have googled for various
types of pump, but they all seem to be permanent solutions and I only
want a one off

Alex

Alex wrote:
I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I
intend to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled
skin variety, siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring
at a suitable moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to
the new? They will be about 10m apart. I have googled for various
types of pump, but they all seem to be permanent solutions and I only
want a one off


Umm. It might be that a cheap model aircraft fuel pump will do the job.

Albeit very slowly.

I'd probably try a siphon for the first half tank.

Then run the rest dry. Or simply empty it into cans and tip in.



Alex

On 17 June, 11:45, Alex wrote:
I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I
intend to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled
skin variety, siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring
at a suitable moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to
the new? They will be about 10m apart. I have googled for various
types of pump, but they all seem to be permanent solutions and I only
want a one off

Alex

A cheap and cheerful 12volt caravan water pump will poke through a
hole on top of the tank and with a suitable extension hose will shift
the fuel for you without slopping all over the place as will happen
with a bucket transfer. Try a car boot as a cheap source as the thing
is unlikely to be much use for potable water afterwards.

A friend did exactly this a couple of weeks ago when his old tank
eventually corroded through. When the level in the old tank ran low he
put the pump in a bucket and ran the residual oil into that as the
pump ran and he tipped the old tank to clear the dregs. Beware of
transferriing sludge.

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:45:45 -0700, Alex wrote:

I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I intend
to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled skin variety,
siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring at a suitable
moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to the new? They will
be about 10m apart. I have googled for various types of pump, but they all
seem to be permanent solutions and I only want a one off

Alex

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Is the old tank strong enough to withstand some pressure? If so, you could
seal the tank, connect a hose from the bottom of the old tank to the new
and use pressure to effect the transfer.

Would a drill powered pump work with fuel oil? How viscous is fuel oil?

Cic.

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On 17 June, 11:45, Alex wrote:

How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to the new?

Drill-powered pump from Machine Mart. The blue one for a tenner or so
(not the little yellow one) is very good and suitable for fuels. Much
better than the typical drill-driven pump.

Don't run it dry though! Dies in seconds.

"Alex" wrote in message
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I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I
intend to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled
skin variety, siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring
at a suitable moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to
the new? They will be about 10m apart. I have googled for various
types of pump, but they all seem to be permanent solutions and I
only
want a one off

Alex

I'd use something like:

http://tinyurl.com/nvpezr


AWEM

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:45:45 -0700, Alex wrote:

I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I
intend to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled
skin variety, siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring
at a suitable moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to
the new? They will be about 10m apart. I have googled for various
types of pump, but they all seem to be permanent solutions and I only
want a one off

(electric, obviously!) car fuel pump from a scrappy and some suitable hose
would probably work I expect.

Or if the stuff's too thick for that, an engine oil pump driven from a
suitable motor (mains-powered drill possibly, although you might want
something a bit beefier if it'll be running for quite a few hours)

On Jun 17, 11:45*am, Alex wrote:
I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I
intend to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled
skin variety, siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring
at a suitable moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to
the new? They will be about 10m apart. I have googled for various
types of pump, but they all seem to be permanent solutions and I only
want a one off

Alex

We've just switched from oil to gas and I gave our old tank to my
Brother-in-law for use as a spare diesel tank on the farm.
It still had around 100Litres of kerosene in it, so he transferred
that to his own fuel tank using 10Litre Jerry Cans under the valve.
Apparently didn't take that long and he was able to keep an eye out
for any sludge that might have been in the bottom, not that there was
that much anyway it seems.

Kevin wrote:
On Jun 17, 11:45 am, Alex wrote:
I have an oil storage tank for CH, which is in the way of a wall I
intend to build. I intend to move the tank by buying a new doubled
skin variety, siting it with all the pipes etc and then transferring
at a suitable moment. How can I transfer the oil in the old tank to
the new? They will be about 10m apart. I have googled for various
types of pump, but they all seem to be permanent solutions and I only
want a one off

Alex

We've just switched from oil to gas and I gave our old tank to my
Brother-in-law for use as a spare diesel tank on the farm.
It still had around 100Litres of kerosene in it, so he transferred
that to his own fuel tank using 10Litre Jerry Cans under the valve.
Apparently didn't take that long and he was able to keep an eye out
for any sludge that might have been in the bottom, not that there was
that much anyway it seems.

There wont be. The valve is a little above the tank base. When I emptied
my old tank, there was about 150 liters left in the bottom.

We tipped the tank to get most of it out and filtered it through
someone's T-shirt IIRC.

Then left the tank open for a month to vent off the gasses and cut it up
with an angle grinder.

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:16 GMT, Cicero wrote:

I have an oil storage tank for CH,

Would a drill powered pump work with fuel oil? How viscous is fuel oil?

Fuel oil is nasty thick black sticky stuff. How ever I doubt that
this is fuel oil much more likely to be 28sec kerosene (paraffin),
it's runnier than diesel (35sec).

Drill powered pump suitable for fuels is probably the best bet. A 20
l jerry can of fuel is quite a weight to hoik up to the top of tank
to empty it in.

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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:44:34 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:16 GMT, Cicero wrote:

I have an oil storage tank for CH,

Would a drill powered pump work with fuel oil? How viscous is fuel oil?

Fuel oil is nasty thick black sticky stuff. How ever I doubt that this is
fuel oil much more likely to be 28sec kerosene (paraffin), it's runnier
than diesel (35sec).

Drill powered pump suitable for fuels is probably the best bet. A 20 l
jerry can of fuel is quite a weight to hoik up to the top of tank to empty
it in.

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I should have said 'heating oil' which is what the OP asked about. If this
oil is thinner than diesel then a drill powered pump (of the better, more
robust type) will shift this easily.

Cic.

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