DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
Yeah I know he put in a system for his trawler.

Actually, I have not put in a polishing system (yet) but
just rebuilt the fuel system and filters.

Re-piped ? Is your hard piped? What kind of tanks & capacity?

I was hoping he would have a suggestion. I have a fram housing...
checking on the cost for elements, also have a Racor but it is a bit to
expensive, 11 dollars per filter element.

Which one? We started out with the 900FG (in fact I still
have it) which IIRC the elements were about that. But it's
designed for a 90gph engine, whereas ours is only going to
demand 1/20th of that at full throttle.

You might have a problem with it, if it has a water seperator at the
bottom of the housing you need the 90gph flow for the seperator to work
properly.


I put in a twin mount 50 gph Racor and use 2 micron
elements. It has a very good water seperator, the elements
can be changed without spilling fuel, and if you buy them by
the case are about $4 each.

The price is right, I'm assuming the twin mount is in line to your
engine and not for a polishing system. I use a vaccume gauge in-line to
avoid shutting down. I should go to a dual system, sure is nice in a
bind to just switch and deal with the filter later.


I also have a fine stainless
steel reusable scrubbale mesh filter I will use a a pre filter.


IIRC stainless and diesel don't play well together. And a
screen is not a filter, unless you have marbles in your fuel

It's a very well designed primary for diesel, the mesh is finer than
flame screen, stops any alge.



Also putting a water trap inline. It would be noce to have a big screw
on fuel filter that was reletive cheap to replace,


IMHO a screw on filter is a mistake. Guaranteed to spill
fuel, often leak, more expensive because you have to buy the
whole housing with every element.

Probly right, Most likely going to stick with the tried and true
Racor, despite all the gaskets hassles.

If you want "cheap" use one of those toilet paper roll
filters. But hey, which is more expensive... a couple cases
of good filter elements, or a new injector pump?

My main and gen have a racor, then 2 secondary filters on the main and
one on the genset.

I've only heard of paper towel and TP filters but have never seen one,
better than nothing in some third world **** hole were filters may not
be found.

Smart thing to do is invest in many filters before kicking off.

Joe

DSK