John, If the recommended dose of aspirins is 2, would you not think that taking TEN is better. After all, why not swing for the fences?
Just joking. But seriously, I have heard others with expertise advise the engines are not designed to pump with that much pressure. They will work for a while, but not as designed. They build up more stress on the pump pulling through far more suction than designed for. Also, the fuel flow is intended to help cool the components it runs through and with too little fuel flow, there is less cooling, more friction and heat. The ten micron to 30 micron pre-filter filters particles in size ranging from 1/7th to under a half the dimension of a human hair, respectively. For the first filter that will filter the right size to keep the fuel flowing and help prevent a problem in the engine, and will not duplicate the single filter the engine is meant to operate on. Ed on Angel Louise (now floating in Salinas, Puerto Rico) On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:47 PM, John Sexton <[email protected]> wrote: > Why use anything less than the best available? 2 micron every time, I > say. The more protection the engine is given, the longer it should last. > > John > > > > JohnChristensen wrote: >> Some say I should use 2 micron some say 10 some even 30. The old >> one is so rusted I cannot read how much it was. I am not sure if there is a >> secondary filter on the engine. >> > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- Ed Kelly sailing vessel ANGEL LOUISE - Catalac 12m Skype Cell telephone: 202-657-6357 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
