"Bruce" wrote

One thing I did add to my sailboat fuel system is a water trap.

I suspect that device is vital in your climate and fuel supply chain. After
two years of paying no attention to fuel or filters, I found not a drop of
water in the sediment bowl of my water separating filter.

I think Wayne is right, for my small diesel, operating in New England, I'm
covered. I'll probably add a parallel filter when I start going to
Newfoundland because that trip will involve a lot of motoring close along
the cliffs to take pictures.

I learned that the PO was running 2 micron filters in the primary and I'm
going to continue that. I can see changing the primary underway in
emergency conditons but I would not want to tackle the secondary in my
installation. The primary is rated for 15 GPH and my engine needs less than
1 so it would take a lot of filter degradation to shut me down. My primary
was loaded black and the secondary looked like it was put in yesterday when
I opened the system up.

I've never seen anything like that water trap here. Has anyone else?

--
Roger Long