Fuel polishing, tank cleaning

[Capt Larry]

I have Racor 1000's on each engine and with the time between runs getting longer I decided that im surely going to have filtration issues if I didnt take charge. So I decided to build a small manifold, bought a gear driven pump rated for continuous use and installed another Racor 1000 in its own loop. I installed a timer and put this all on a seperate breaker. This thing works great. I turn it on for a couple hours while im down at the boat and it filters about 3 gals a minute. I can only grin when I look to change my primary Racors and they look as clean as when I Installed them.
The only warning is that I put a timer on so that if I forgot and left the boat it wouldnt run continuously. Also if a leak developed it would fill the engine room. I installed a pressure meter and sensor to alert me if this happened. But my dirty fuel days have ended. The fuel circulates quickly enough that I believe it is scrubbing the interior of the tank. Either way my fuel is clean and I have a reliable system that keeps me in the game. Good luck, Capt Larry

[jimbo62]

Do you have a diagram or a drawing of your system? It sounds like a very cool idea, but how involved is it?

Jim

[w2jvm]

I have one of these. I use it every year when the boat goes back in the water.

http://www.maesco.com/products/racor...uel_recyc.html


My fuel tank has a fill port on top of it and I can get straight down to the bottom. Just suck it up and cycle back through the main fill port.

Hi, I found this portable tank cleaning unit to filter out all the garbage. I am having a real problem with my port tank feeding the cat 3126. Under load it will not run, but when I switch to the starboard tank it runs fine. Here is a pic of the unit..

[Andaman Andy]

Parker FPM Fuel Polishing Module like the look of this unit very low draw, anyone using this yet?