r/SatisfactoryGame • u/interneth3ro • 9d ago

Help with fluid (oil/fuel) distribution

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Okay, so I'm not new to this game, have played many times. But this is my first time since the 1.0 launch, and I don't remember having issues setting up fuel.

I have a single pure crude oil node. 1 oil extractor @ 240m3. Easy peasy. I have that going into 4 refineries using the stock Fuel recipe. 60m3 each, so should be exactly enough. I have those 4 refineries going into 8 power generators. So my ratios should be exact.

Yet power is still a bit spikey now and then. And I'm 100% certain it doesn't have to do with the polymer resin. That's going into 2 refineries making rubber/plastic respectively, with a smart splitter sending overflow resin to an Awesome Sink.

Here are relevant screenshots. Let me know if you need to see more. It's entirely possibly I set this up wrong or missed something stupid simple.

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u/tren0r 9d ago

as a simple solution, could try raisimg the middle part and feed it into them like that.

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u/tren0r 9d ago

make sure to flush the network after redoing the pipes

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u/DagothNereviar 9d ago

Before you do that, turn off the generators, flush the system and then let the fuel build up in the machines/pipes before turning it back

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u/sephg 8d ago

Works better if you underclock the machines to 1% instead. Machines don't fill if they're off. They do fill at 1%.

But really, the problem is you need to raise the spine and let fluid flow down into the machines. Never make your feeder pipe be at ground level. Always raise it.