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Thanks Russ! I don't use any social media. I wonder if anyone may know what the length of the pickup/suction tube is for an XT75 Lanair heater?

I do believe this is one of the challenges of a drip system.  When the oil is cold, it will drip slower, then as it warms up it drips faster.  I do believe you will need some sort of regulator on the oil supply side to keep too much oil from dripping in.

I have a Lanair XT-75, that my Wife bought me for my Shop a year ago. I have had some problems with water in my Oil, burned out Control Module; that I replaced and now I'm cooking with Oil - LOL, its keeping my Shop cozy. With the help of Lanair Representative Jose Sanchez, I plumbed a 240 gallon tank into my XT75, which is when I came up with the water in my Oil. I had cut the suction tube down so I could put my tubing from the 240 gallon tank. But when I realized I had over 3 gallons of water in the tank (I did empty the tank before I put any oil in it, the water came from a neighbor who had 55 gallon barrel of oil/water), I went back to the original suction tubing. Which is when I found this forum. I'm trying to find the measurements for the suction tube. I've made one but obviously made it too short, because my heater says its out of oil when its at half of a tank. So, I'm happy to be here and I hope I can get some help.

Good to see flame, but bummer to hear that it doesn't keep going.  If no air solenoid, how are you starting and stopping the air flow?  There is usually a flame sensor that will shut everything down if it doesnt see a flame to prevent fuel from going everywhere.  Is it possible the sensor is not seeing the flame or otherwise not working for some reason?

I think they call them portable diesel heaters:

https://www.amazon.com/portable-diesel-heater/s?k=portable+diesel+heater

I think they are called renoster or eberspacher diesel heater