Originally Posted by
FenderBean
Yeah im planning on it, I noticed something in my Rebel pro UAT that was clear gel looking so its probably the same stuff.
Will this stuff kill the slime if its already started?
Yes it will.
It has the effect of breaking the organic life into small chains that will flush through the filter.
Use the shocking dose, leave in the system for 24 hours or more and reverse flush in a separate jar. Make sure that you dispose of that fuel in the appropriate recycling center!
Then you an use the remaining of the jerrycan as normal.
We see a lot of people with slime problems. Especially with clear model tanks where sun light is allowed to penetrate into the fuel. Organic growth would start pretty darn fast in this case.
We saw a case of a modeler at Jets Over Kentucky who forgot his taxi tank on the tarmac overnight. The next day te fuel was completely black with organic matter!
Emptying the fuel back into the jerrycan will recycle this organic life back into the storing system and this will slowly grow in the dark. Eventually the whole fueling chain will get contaminated.
However it is really when the fuel is left in the clear tanks that slime develops the fastest. So the semi clear Kevlar and air traps are great organic growth generators!