Hi, Steve -
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 01:31:58PM -0400, SteveW wrote:
>
> Fortunately this was on my old boat and the top of the tank was accessible
> with a minimum of bodily contortions. Sure enough, he pulled the tube and
> there was an entire bio-system living in/on that filter. Fifteen minutes
> later, a new filter installed, we fired her up and she ran like a purring
> kitten.
My solution is never to have one there in the first place. Any
bottleneck in your fuel system should be accessible and serviceable -
especially when you're at sea, in big waves (take my word for that
one...) From my perspective, a filter, or even a strainer, inside a fuel
tank is just plain bad design.
I recall a very experienced cruiser in another group writing up his
ideal tank setup: a large-diameter pickup that goes down to an
indentation in the bottom (yep, it _will_ collect crud. That's what you
want it to do so you can get it out!), with a Lexan access cover on the
side of the tank bolted over a Neoprene gasket so you can both see the
inside and clean out the tank whenever necessary. Add Norm's fuel system
to that, and you can't get any more reliable unless you go with an
electric drive. :)
Ben
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