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ATTC Water Eliminator removes water from your fuel tank.
Just clip the Water Eliminator to your fuel cap and lower into your fuel tank.
The unit absorbs any water that it contacts, leaving you with dry fuel.
For use with:
The Water Eliminator will remove water from:
Accept no substitutes; use the product OEMs distribute to their customers. ATTC developed the Water Eliminator in 1988 and was granted both US and Japanese Patents. ATTC is a pioneer in developing products that help the consumer keep their equipment running at peak performance.
The Problem
Water has been a problem for engine operators since the first engine was developed. Caused primarily by condensation in both vehicle and storage tanks and seepage from rain and ground water, the problem has persisted throughout the years. In the winter the problem is more obvious because of freeze-up and jelling. In the summer months the problem can be even more acute, but less obvious. The warm weather can spawn colonies of algae that plug filters causing loss of power. There is also a problem of damage to the fuel pump, injectors and the engine due to the presence of water. Though water is primarily recognized as a problem in diesel fuel, it also adversely affects the function of gasoline, fuel oil, mineral spirits, kerosene and hydraulic fluid. These conditions result in additional expenses for the equipment owner. Often these expenses are very significant, particularly if emergency road calls and down time are a result.
Freezing: Water collection at any low point in the system may freeze causing anything from loss of power to a complete shutdown of the fuel supply. Dispersed water can form ice crystals and increase the tendency for fuel to gel.
Injector Tip Wear: A single drop of water in a hot injector can flash to steam causing erosion and in some cases, exploding the injector tip.
Bacteria: The presence of water provides oxygen encouraging the formation of bacteria, which promotes the growth of algae that, can cause filter blockage, injector fouling and increased tank and fuel line corrosion.
Damaged Fuel Pumps and Injector Pumps: In a diesel engine fuel lubricates the close tolerance working parts in the pumps. Water displaces the fuel causing flat spots that prevent the fuel from lubricating these parts. This causes premature wear out.
Corrosion: Burning of fuel causes the formation of oxides of sulfur. These oxides combine with the steam formed from water to make sulfuric acid. Water in the tank can combine with soluble sulfur salts, to form corrosive liquids.
The Solution
The Water Eliminator was designed as a solution to removing water at the most logical place, in the fuel tank. Removing water at the source affords protection to the entire fuel system. Even the life of the fuel tank will be increased through the reducing of rust and corrosion. The Water Eliminator is simplicity in itself. It consists of a cylindrical cage-type cartridge that is lined with a nylon mesh filter. The cartridge is a container for a small measured amount of dry crystals. The crystal is chemically water specific, which means that it will accept only water molecules into its structure. In the presence of water in can expand to 500 times their bulk. The Water Eliminator can be used as a backup to a water separator or as the only water trap in the vehicle. The first line of defense against water in the fuel. The Water Eliminator is easy to use; the operator just clips the lanyard to the fuel cap and lowers the unit to the bottom of the tank. The unit must lay flat on the bottom of the tank for best results. The Water Eliminator should be checked each time the vehicle is fueled. In fuel cans or bulk storage tanks the Water Eliminator should be checked each time fuel is added. This visual inspection only takes seconds. The water Eliminator should be replaced when three-quarters full. American Transportation Technology maintains an active and stringent quality assurance program. All components are inspected and tested to assure conformation to all drawings and specifications. Each unit is lot sampled and inspected at every stage of manufacture. Each unit is inspected prior to packaging to insure the highest level of quality control prior to delivery to our customers. A leading automotive testing research laboratory tested The Water Eliminator and found that it has no affect on the chemical and physical properties of diesel fuel as defined in the applicable ASTM specifications.
Test Results
Cloud Point: No significant difference was noticed between the sample with or without The Water Eliminator.
Pour Point: Same as Cloud Point.
Ash: Same as Cloud Point.
Carbon Residue: Same as Cloud Point.
Sulfur: No change in sulfur level.
Copper Corrosion: No corrosion in any samples tested.
Nitrogen: Same for all samples.
Existent Gum: Samples tested at high temperatures tend to have higher values but the level of increase is not significant.
Infrared Spectra: Examination of the spectra of each sample does not reveal any organic contamination. There is no Water Eliminator residue present in the fuel at a significant concentration to be measured by the technique employed.
Distillation: The variation between samples is well within the reproducibility of the test procedure.
Conclusions
The analytical date clearly indicates that the chemical and physical properties of the fuel are not altered by the presence of The Water Eliminator within the environmental parameters of the aging sequence. These conditions represent the average of the extremes that diesel fuel in truck fuel tank would experience. There is evidence that when used in the concentrations present in this test sequence, The Water Eliminator inhibits the growth of bacteria.
Specification and Design Details
Part Number WE1 WE2 WE1-3.5
The device is injected molded of nylon, cylindrical in form and approximately 1.25 inches in diameter and 7 inches in length. The main body is a cage with several longitudinal and circumferential ribs, which surround a cylindrical filter screen. A cap is ultrasonically welded to the main body, contains a hole through which a stainless steel lanyard is attached. The unit is attached to the fuel cap with a safety clip.
The cartridge contains a small amount of dry solid crystal, which is water specific and swells to hold many times its bulk in water. There is also contained in the cartridge a 1/8-inch bar that is used as additional ballast.
The Water Eliminator WE1-3.5 is basically the same as the WE1 and WE2. It is smaller in width and length, which allows it to be used in applications that do not allow for a straight path to the bottom of the fuel tank.
Materials
Nylon is tough and abrasion resistant and is inert to most organic chemicals, such as esters, keystones, alcohol and hydrocarbons. The water absorbing media is pH neutral and is chemically inert to hydrocarbons. The micromechanics is essentially mechanical, in that no chemical changes take place. No new compounds are formed; nothing is added or extracted from the fuel. Water is captured and held in a semisolid form, appearing as a translucent gel.