My neighbor, the fuel polisher, had a job yesterday on an older
Beneteau Frst. The client stated he had installed a new filter and it
turned black almost immediately so he wanted his tank cleaned.
Mike began circulating the fuel but was getting no crud. He asked the
owner if he used biocide. The owner said yes, he used Racor brand and
had even used more than called for!
Short story is apparently the Racor stuff is colored blue and that is
what had stained his filter, not crud!
Wasn't a complete bust as there was a short piece of mylar type tape
showed up. That could have been a bummer if the pickup tube had sucked
it up!
Anyway, just a little info.
Gordon

"Gordon" wrote in message
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My neighbor, the fuel polisher, had a job yesterday on an older
Beneteau Frst. The client stated he had installed a new filter and it
turned black almost immediately so he wanted his tank cleaned.
Mike began circulating the fuel but was getting no crud. He asked the
owner if he used biocide. The owner said yes, he used Racor brand and
had even used more than called for!
Short story is apparently the Racor stuff is colored blue and that is
what had stained his filter, not crud!
Wasn't a complete bust as there was a short piece of mylar type tape
showed up. That could have been a bummer if the pickup tube had sucked
it up!
Anyway, just a little info.
Gordon
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I had about 30 gallons of old diesel I didn't trust. I'd used biocide
regularly but since the boat wasn't used the fuel just got old. It looked
clean in the filter and ran the engine fine but the new owners were coming
to pick up the boat and I didn't want them to have any issues with something
I could fix beforehand.
I tossed around the idea of polishing the fuel but clean wasn't my problem
so ended up buying a 12v pump from Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt...pump-9576.html
ran a piece of garden hose down the fill pipe (hose) into the tank and
pumped the fuel into jerry cans on the dock. Tarp and sorbent pads under the
jerry cans in case of an oops. The pump isn't made for flammable liquids but
not an issue for diesel.
Our county dump takes diesel as part of the recycling service so I dropped
the old fuel there.
$30 for the pump, $20 for 2 jerry cans from Walmart (had the other 4 on
hand), $5 for garden hose fittings, $45 for 15 gallons of diesel; piece of
garden hose, tarp and sorbent pads that I already had.
And the pump still works so I still have it for other jobs. Still got the
jerry cans too, want a couple?
I think I got off pretty cheap and the trip to the new dock was uneventful.
Not as interesting as your post but I just felt like sharing.

"MMC" wrote in message
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I had about 30 gallons of old diesel I didn't trust. I'd used biocide
regularly but since the boat wasn't used the fuel just got old. It looked
clean in the filter and ran the engine fine but the new owners were coming
to pick up the boat and I didn't want them to have any issues with
something I could fix beforehand.

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$30 for the pump, $20 for 2 jerry cans from Walmart (had the other 4 on
hand), $5 for garden hose fittings, $45 for 15 gallons of diesel; piece of
garden hose, tarp and sorbent pads that I already had.
And the pump still works so I still have it for other jobs. Still got the
jerry cans too, want a couple?
I think I got off pretty cheap ...

Man, I wish I'd been in your neighborhood...

My Perkins eats that stuff up, and I already have a fuel polishing system
which has allowed more that 1000 hours before my first Racor change.

I took 30G off the hands of another cruiser who'd had it in his tank for 3
years - he had the same fears as you; mine also had been untouched for more
than 3 years when I first cranked it up after we splashed following our
refit; instant start.

A bit of cetane enhancer beforehand, and we were good to go...

L8R

Skip, happy to avoid as many $5 gallons of diesel as possible, rarely runs
Perky...

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"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.

In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.

Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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trim

Skip, happy to avoid as many $5 gallons of diesel as possible, rarely runs
Perky...



Rarely tells the truth, either. LOL!


Wilbur Hubbard

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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"MMC" wrote in message
g.com...

I had about 30 gallons of old diesel I didn't trust. I'd used biocide
regularly but since the boat wasn't used the fuel just got old. It looked
clean in the filter and ran the engine fine but the new owners were coming
to pick up the boat and I didn't want them to have any issues with
something I could fix beforehand.

(clip)

$30 for the pump, $20 for 2 jerry cans from Walmart (had the other 4 on
hand), $5 for garden hose fittings, $45 for 15 gallons of diesel; piece of
garden hose, tarp and sorbent pads that I already had.
And the pump still works so I still have it for other jobs. Still got the
jerry cans too, want a couple?
I think I got off pretty cheap ...

Man, I wish I'd been in your neighborhood...

My Perkins eats that stuff up, and I already have a fuel polishing system
which has allowed more that 1000 hours before my first Racor change.

I took 30G off the hands of another cruiser who'd had it in his tank for 3
years - he had the same fears as you; mine also had been untouched for more
than 3 years when I first cranked it up after we splashed following our
refit; instant start.

A bit of cetane enhancer beforehand, and we were good to go...

L8R

Skip, happy to avoid as many $5 gallons of diesel as possible, rarely runs
Perky...

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog
and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog

"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.

In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.

Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

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I'd have happily passed the fuel on to a cruiser or a trucker, thinking that
if it were mixed with newer fuel it would be ok but I didn't have time to
chase anyone down as this was just before Christmas.
I think I'll be sticking with outboards and the boats that fit them. When
that gas gets old, I dump it in my truck a little at a time.