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Changed my mind about fuel polishing
The sediment bowl on the Shelco filter I put in for my fuel polishing (or
Pre-filtering, whatever you want to call it) system doesn't drain completely. I took it out of the boat today, poured off the fuel (Not a drop of water BTW), and scraped out the stuff in the bottom: http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Crud.jpg Wow. I was saying a while ago that didn't think the system was necessary for the cruising I do now. I would have agreed with anyone who said it was a hobby affectation. I still wouldn't say "necessary" is quite the right word but I sure am glad I have it just for tootling around in Maine. This is the left overs from about 100 gallons of fuel purchased during the year and isn't all off it since a gust of wind blew the plate over. About half of the fuel was road diesel purchased at a high volume gas station. Sure, the Racor could have dealt with this stuff and I could have dealt with the Racor but, why? There was not a speck in the Racor bowl it looked just like it did when I changed the filter and filled the sytem last spring. Having this crud removed from the system in a way that makes having to deal with it's disposal underway vanishingly unlikely is great. -- Roger Long |
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