+1 on everything Charlie said. I installed a vacuum gauge on Touche' years ago. Great decision. Let's me run the filter elements much longer than before.
I am pessimistic about fuel polishing. Unless the vendor has a super dooper high pressure rig that can blast the corners and really suck everything out, they are a waste of $$$. A friend of mine went to take his boat to a race once in moderately rough seas. Got about an hour out and had filter element pluggage. Changed elements and got boat back to home marina. Had fuel polished. Started out next day with same result. Wasted $$$. It is much, much better to remove the tank and clean it than to have the fuel polished. If you can get the tank out, inspect it for pinholes, throw a handful of gravel in it, shake it a lot then rinse it thoroughly with water followed by alcohol. Last year I helped a buddy clean his tank. He couldn't remove it so he installed a diesel safe inspectin port in the top. We emptied the tank, reached in and wiped all the crud out with rags. When I bought Touche', I completely cleaned the fuel system. It was gasoline powered at the time and had been sitting for years. The fuel line was a copper tube. I disconnected each end, placed a coffee can at one end and squirted carburetor cleaner from the other end until it ran clear. I guess my point is that there is no silver bullet here. Having a clean fuel system is critical and is worth any amount of work to make it reliable is worth the effort. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 1:50 PM Charlie Nelson via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > +1 on the uselessness of polishing your fuel. > +1 on use of vacuum gauges if properly installed—their installation can > introduce air leaks where they are installed. > > Screen on pick-up tube could also be clogged. > > +1 on removing all current fuel and crud by getting tank out of boat. A > pita but doable if you can empty it first (electric or manual fuel pump via > sender port). > > AFTER it is cleaned, check out operation. If problem still there, start > searching for vacuum leaks or filter problems. > > FWIW > > Charlie Nelson > 1995 C&C XL/kcb > Water Phantom > > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com > > >
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