Drop by the marine diesel shops and ask them if you know where you
might borrow a "fuel polisher", which is nothing more than a bunch of
filters and a pump. Mine is made from a surplus fuel pump out of a
gas station pump someone was throwing away, three paper towel fuel
filters off the internet and a drainable Racor fuel filter so I can
drain off the water it collects.

You stick the intake into the crap in the bottom of the tank with fuel
in it and hook the outlet of the polisher to the fuel outlet of the
tank so it keeps agitating the crap on the bottom up so it will get
sucked up in the intake of the polisher.

Just start it running and come back to change the paper towels every
few hours. You can hear the pump laboring when they get clogged.

If you only need it once, someone has one you can borrow, probably at
the diesel shop. It's kinda fun to own and makes you a hero when you
loan it out to someone else....(c;

Don't forget to put new filters on it before you give it back to
them.....


On 25 Jan 2004 07:45:45 -0800, (Vince
LoRusso) wrote:

I bought a Whitby 42 last June and she has water, fuel and dirt in the
center fuel tank. This tank is located in the keel with an access
plate almost under the motor. I sucked out everything that I could
but the tank is fare from usable.

Anyone have any suggestions how to clean up and seal off this tank so
I can use it?

Thanks,

Vince LoRusso of S/V Horizons

Larry W4CSC

Is it just me or did the US and UK just capture 1/3
of the world's sweetest oil supply? What idiot wants to
GIVE IT BACK?!!

I bought a Whitby 42 last June and she has water, fuel and dirt in the
center fuel tank. This tank is located in the keel with an access
plate almost under the motor. I sucked out everything that I could
but the tank is fare from usable.

Anyone have any suggestions how to clean up and seal off this tank so
I can use it?

Steam cleaning works well if there is someone with the equipment to steam clean
around you.

Dick

I bought a Whitby 42 last June and she has water, fuel and dirt in the
center fuel tank. This tank is located in the keel with an access
plate almost under the motor. I sucked out everything that I could
but the tank is fare from usable.

Anyone have any suggestions how to clean up and seal off this tank so
I can use it?

Steam cleaning works well if there is someone with the equipment to steam clean
around you.

Dick

I have draincocks at the lowest point in each tank. I periodically
drain off any accumulated water and sediment. Some tanks don't
lend themselves to this setup. I'm almost finished building
a permanent polishing system. I went through the misery of
frequent filter changes and having to be towed. Hated it!
The stress of having filters clog up frequently eventually led
to the failure of the lift pump.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message
...
A peek at the several threads that have run on the topic of
"Fuel-polishing" might be useful to you.

A pump, water-seperator, filter and return to the same tank
would fix it up given patience.

Not sure that the tank is leaking water, it just naturally
gets in even from condensation, and stays in, capped by fuel,
for ever.....

Brian W

On 25 Jan 2004 07:45:45 -0800, (Vince
LoRusso) wrote:

I bought a Whitby 42 last June and she has water, fuel and dirt in the
center fuel tank. This tank is located in the keel with an access
plate almost under the motor. I sucked out everything that I could
but the tank is fare from usable.

Anyone have any suggestions how to clean up and seal off this tank so
I can use it?

Thanks,

Vince LoRusso of S/V Horizons

I have draincocks at the lowest point in each tank. I periodically
drain off any accumulated water and sediment. Some tanks don't
lend themselves to this setup. I'm almost finished building
a permanent polishing system. I went through the misery of
frequent filter changes and having to be towed. Hated it!
The stress of having filters clog up frequently eventually led
to the failure of the lift pump.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message
...
A peek at the several threads that have run on the topic of
"Fuel-polishing" might be useful to you.

A pump, water-seperator, filter and return to the same tank
would fix it up given patience.

Not sure that the tank is leaking water, it just naturally
gets in even from condensation, and stays in, capped by fuel,
for ever.....

Brian W

On 25 Jan 2004 07:45:45 -0800, (Vince
LoRusso) wrote:

I bought a Whitby 42 last June and she has water, fuel and dirt in the
center fuel tank. This tank is located in the keel with an access
plate almost under the motor. I sucked out everything that I could
but the tank is fare from usable.

Anyone have any suggestions how to clean up and seal off this tank so
I can use it?

Thanks,

Vince LoRusso of S/V Horizons