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fuel polishing help needed
Can any of you help me locate a source for a KR12-40 fuel pump and
GulfCoast Filters? The KR12-40 was the fuel pump highly recommended by Belgoes Filtration. Belgoes still has a web site at www.fuelpolishing.com but apparently the company has ceased to exist. On their web site they do not tell who manufactures the KR12-40. I did a Google search and only turned up links back to Belgoes. I have also searched under fuel polishing and fuel pumps without success. I also was searching for GulfCoast filters and could not find any link there either. At the West Marine site I found a Jabsco Vane Puppy pump that is touted as a fuel transfer pump. At 5 gallons per minute that is 330 per hour whereas the KR12-40 was only 40 per hour. What do you think, would the Vane Puppy be sucking fuel through the filters too fast for effective polishing? Any advice and sources for equipment for fuel polishing would be much appreciated. Lee Huddleston' s/v Truelove |
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fuel polishing help needed
I don't know about the pump, but Gulf Coast Filter website is
http://www.gulfcoastfilters.com/index.html They are very helpful and can probably help you with finding the pump also. Phil "Lee Huddleston" wrote in message ... Can any of you help me locate a source for a KR12-40 fuel pump and GulfCoast Filters? The KR12-40 was the fuel pump highly recommended by Belgoes Filtration. Belgoes still has a web site at www.fuelpolishing.com but apparently the company has ceased to exist. On their web site they do not tell who manufactures the KR12-40. I did a Google search and only turned up links back to Belgoes. I have also searched under fuel polishing and fuel pumps without success. I also was searching for GulfCoast filters and could not find any link there either. At the West Marine site I found a Jabsco Vane Puppy pump that is touted as a fuel transfer pump. At 5 gallons per minute that is 330 per hour whereas the KR12-40 was only 40 per hour. What do you think, would the Vane Puppy be sucking fuel through the filters too fast for effective polishing? Any advice and sources for equipment for fuel polishing would be much appreciated. Lee Huddleston' s/v Truelove |
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fuel polishing help needed
I did a Google search and only turned up links back to Belgoes. I
have also searched under fuel polishing and fuel pumps without success. I also was searching for GulfCoast filters and could not find any link there either. Contact Walbro, ask them for a local distributor. At the West Marine site I found a Jabsco Vane Puppy pump that is touted as a fuel transfer pump. At 5 gallons per minute that is 330 per hour whereas the KR12-40 was only 40 per hour. What do you think, would the Vane Puppy be sucking fuel through the filters too fast for effective polishing? For recirculation filtration the FASTER the flow through the filter (not lower retention rating) is BETTER. Vane Puppy's impeller is not chemically compatible with fuel oil. Diesel oil will make the vane swell on long term service - the vane will stall and the motor will seize. Choose ONLY a pump that has a EPDM (EthylenePropyleneDiamineMonomer) impeller and seals. Any advice and sources for equipment for fuel polishing would be much appreciated. Gulf Coast Filters - ancient technology, crappy products. Stay away from filters that use toilet paper and rolls of paper towels - are snake oil. Toilet paper, etc. will digest in the presence of water emulsion or free water. These filters will UNLOAD debris under increasing operating differential pressure. The 'sealing' method for toilet paper and paper towl rolls is by using a compression cup or knife edge seal that 'bites' into the end of roll - these filters bypass debris at the 'seal'. Sometimes they seal, sometimes they dont. Try to find a 'industrial' filter company or distributor who will supply a resin bonded cellulose 2.5" dia X 10 inch long filter cartridge in either depth media ... or better - expanded surface area pleated configuration. Choose a (documented) retention rating of at least 15-20 micrometers at least 80% removal efficiency. Reason1: the flow rate is MUCH faster with LOWER operating pressure drop; result: tank turns over FASTER (more efficient total removal .... that will approach in-the-tank sub-micronic levels in relatively short time). Reason2: the retention is consistant vs. increasing dirt load and differential pressure; there is NO consistant removal rating on 'toilet paper' --- every damn paper mill is 'different'. The deposition of debris on a toilet paper roll or Hand towel roll is primarily on the surface .... and the surface area is small in comparison to a pleated filter. Lee Huddleston' s/v Truelove |
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fuel polishing help needed
Go to Farm and Fleet or Tractor Supply and buy a cheap pump. I used a 12
volt FloJet, I think it was about $50. I plumbed it to the Racors in the boat already and ran it for two or three days on each tank. Worked great. Good luck. "Lee Huddleston" wrote in message ... Can any of you help me locate a source for a KR12-40 fuel pump and GulfCoast Filters? The KR12-40 was the fuel pump highly recommended by Belgoes Filtration. Belgoes still has a web site at www.fuelpolishing.com but apparently the company has ceased to exist. On their web site they do not tell who manufactures the KR12-40. I did a Google search and only turned up links back to Belgoes. I have also searched under fuel polishing and fuel pumps without success. I also was searching for GulfCoast filters and could not find any link there either. At the West Marine site I found a Jabsco Vane Puppy pump that is touted as a fuel transfer pump. At 5 gallons per minute that is 330 per hour whereas the KR12-40 was only 40 per hour. What do you think, would the Vane Puppy be sucking fuel through the filters too fast for effective polishing? Any advice and sources for equipment for fuel polishing would be much appreciated. Lee Huddleston' s/v Truelove |
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