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No diesel engine ever had a problem from it's fuel being

too clean.
With that in mind, and after some years listening/reading

several
sides to the filtering/polishing debates, plus some

industrial
experience along these lines, I finally added a pump &

some new lines/
valves so that we can polish (sort of) our fuel.

Sailboats don't have as big a problem; our 2 fuel tanks

are 150
gallons each. The fuel currently in them was pumped in

August last
year. Before that, fuel was stored for up to 4 years....


4 years? Was it varnish?

SBV


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On Apr 24, 11:08 pm, "Scotty" wrote:
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No diesel engine ever had a problem from it's fuel being

too clean.
With that in mind, and after some years listening/reading

several
sides to the filtering/polishing debates, plus some

industrial
experience along these lines, I finally added a pump &

some new lines/
valves so that we can polish (sort of) our fuel.


Sailboats don't have as big a problem; our 2 fuel tanks

are 150
gallons each. The fuel currently in them was pumped in

August last
year. Before that, fuel was stored for up to 4 years....


4 years? Was it varnish?

SBV


That is a bit old, however on an island I once visited they had
diesel 40+ YO. As long as it's in a tank and polished its a-OK. I
installed a polishing system like Dougboats too this winter, quite
happy with it. After some shipyard time I'll get out and slosh things
about and polish properly.


Joe

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On Apr 24, 11:08 pm, "Scotty"

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them was pumped in
August last
year. Before that, fuel was stored for up to 4

years....

4 years? Was it varnish?

SBV


That is a bit old, however on an island I once visited

they had
diesel 40+ YO. As long as it's in a tank and polished its

a-OK. I
installed a polishing system like Dougboats too this

winter, quite
happy with it. After some shipyard time I'll get out and

slosh things
about and polish properly.



I've turned down free 300 gals , that was 2 years in a house
tank, had that varnish smell / look to it.

Scotty


 
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