Is there an alien in your oil tank?

Is there an Alien in your oil tank?

The ingress of water into the oil tank will ultimately lead to the growth of a Fungus.

Surprisingly enough, this fungal matter thrives in the water that resides below the oil.

The water can enter through defective caps on the oil tank (during prolonged and heavy rainfall) or through rapid changes in temperature at/around the tank leading to excess condensation within the tank itself.

Having water in the oil is a significant problem for both pressure jet and vaporising oil burners and the pipework that supplies the oil appliances.

A proper inspection of your oil tank is essential to avoid so far as practicable, expensive breakdown of equipment and the inconvenience of being without your oil boiler or Aga –Rayburn cooker, caused by the ingress of water and/or fungus is there an Alien in your oil tank?