PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-482

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 482

JANUARY 1993

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-482 - Page 11 of 57
Diesel FueL .
..
Dtain and Dispose Pto
WHAT
StOU±V I [
WIth
THiS FUE± FROM ²³e
fll-t´rS?
wµ ¶·¸P a s¹GºuoN
8²C³E ´N
THE
Mo Pµ¶
fR ·¸¹ WºT» ¼½¾¿À
T
he PMCS for equipment that Uses dIesel Fuel, sUch as taNks, tRucks, selF-
propeLLed howiTzers aNd geNerators, caLLs ±or the ²³el Fi´ter to be draiNed daI´y.
µsUal¶y the operaTors dra·N The ±³el
iNto someThiNg they caN'T see throUgh ¸
¹ike a soda pop can
¸
aNd itºs hard to tell
i± all the contamination's been removed»
¼heN some ½reless operators eveN
throw the soda pop caN wiTh wasTe ±Uel
In the trash Instead oF poUriNg iT iN aN
approved coNtamiNaTed ±UeL waste con¾
TaiNer¿
Here is a solUTIoN To both probÀems:
Áse a c´ear botTle to draiN o The
coNTamÃnated FuelÄ ¼haT way yoU can
see when the ±Uel ÅuNs cÆear.
PUt a 5
Ç
gal bUckeT In The motor pooL
that The operators can poUr conTamIÈ
nated F³el iNtoÉ ¼hat way yoU have oNly
one contaiNer to empTy iN the hazardoUs
wasTe conTaiNer aT the end oF The dayÊ
JAn93


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