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When Arthur Henry's diesel engine, aboard the 'Fifi II' spluttered to a standstill he was, understandably, upset to find that the cause of his troubles was some sort of unpleasant organic-looking material in the fuel, clogging up the injectors. He was obliged to spend the first two days of his holiday dealing with the problem instead of getting out there to sail, which was all he wanted to do.
Arthur drained the tanks and re-filled them and, for the next few days all was
well. All too soon it was time to return to work and, as always, Arthur made sure
'Fifi II' was secure and snug and went home. A few weeks later, the problem was back with a
vengeance. His filters couldn't cope with the problem and Arthur was told, by a
neighbour, that this was a bacteria and advised to steam clean his tank. This would have meant some major dismantling and he had decided to research the alternatives
first.
Arthur had e-mailed MarineZine (our first ever e-mail on a technical topic) and we had suggested he try Soltron
(which is a product containing enzymes whose favourite snack is those very bacteria that form in diesel) as recommended to us by an acquaintance in the road transport
business.
Unfortunately, we had no idea where the product could be purchased and no e-mail contact with our
acquaintance, so we were unable to help Arthur locate
any at the time but Arthur did some sleuthing and came back to us with a
telephone number for the manufacturers of Soltron in Belfast, Ireland:
00 353 (0)123 247 1001
You only dial the 0 in brackets if you are
calling from within the country itself or elsewhere in the UK
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