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Part 5: Steam cleaning to fix oil tank or piping sludge contamination

Sludge & crud or contaminants in heating oil storage tanks:

Steam cleaning oil tans & oil piping can clear out settled oil tank sludge and debris that are blocking heating oil delivery to an oil burner.

This article series explains the causes and cures for heating system problems due to sludge in home heating oil tanks, including problems of clogged oil piping, clogged oil filters, oil burner malfunctions, and loss of heat due to sludge in the oil tank. We explain why sludge is a problem in home heating oil & why it leads to loss of heat.

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Steam-Cleaning Fuel Oil Tanks & Tank Piping to Get Rid of Sludge

Heating oil tank repair, cleaning, & lining companies offer heating or fuel oil storage tank cleaning services that can include pumping out the oil tank, squeegee-cleaning of debris from tank interior, steam cleaning the oil storage tank, and steam cleaning the oil piping lines.

More often this service is performed on large commercial-sized (thousands of gallons) oil storage tanks, not on residential tanks.

The service will typically guarantee the removal of sludge from the oil storage tank and from plugged sections of heating oil return lines.

Watch out: oil tank steam cleaning experts who provide this service may offer these warnings about steam-cleaning of heating oil piping lines:


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