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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

27-07-2018, 12:53

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Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

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Posted By noelex 77

Re: Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

The polishing system will filter many hundreds of times the volume of fuel that the main engine primary filter will process. It will pick up the dirtier fuel at the bottom of the tank.

This is one...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

25-07-2018, 08:05

Replies: 71

Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

Views: 18,131

Posted By noelex 77

Re: Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

Nigel Calder said that 90% of marine diesel engine problems are due to dirty fuel. I find it hard to believe the percentage is that high, but clean fuel is important.

Cruising sailors are finding...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

22-07-2018, 12:02

Replies: 71

Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

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Posted By noelex 77

Re: Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

The fuel polishing system usually doubles as a fuel transfer system, so this can easily be done with most polishing systems (providing you are not full with fuel).

I am not sure this would polish...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

22-07-2018, 05:58

Replies: 71

Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

Views: 18,131

Posted By noelex 77

Re: Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

So if these numbers are correct, if you use 200 litres of fuel a year four times this amount or 800 litres is filtered and returned to the tank each year.

To put this into perspective, my...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

22-07-2018, 04:24

Replies: 71

Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

Views: 18,131

Posted By noelex 77

Re: Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

This is probably of some help especially if you have an engine that returns a lot of fuel, but a permanent polishing system is very different, filtering vastly higher quantities of fuel. The...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

21-07-2018, 00:51

Replies: 71

Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

Views: 18,131

Posted By noelex 77

Re: Fuel pump for fuel polishing system - Continuous duty pump necessary?

On our old boat we had a small Facet pump similar to the one Pete shows in the photo. It was not new when installed and ran for 5 years or so on average 2 hours a day 300 days a year. It was replaced...

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