The importance of clean fuel

[a64pilot]

See have a family member send you some Biobor, off of memory 1 ft treats more than 2000 gls of fuel, so it lasts a long time

[Celestialsailor]

i've heard good reports in Mx with Biobor.

[socaldmax]

Are any of you guys using a Baja filter/funnel? It filters out water and sludge before it gets in your tanks.

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Funnel-Fue...SNA9S797MAW1X4


I'd also recommend building your own fuel polishing system, that way you can do it yourself underway and don't need to rely on or pay anyone to do it for you. It's not that expensive.

[Celestialsailor]

Here in Mx, gthey use to be used a lot. Now I only see them at swap meets. Back in the day, one would receive fuel at a dock of a fishing village in a 55 gallon drum. You definitely wanted to sift that swill. Today it is pretty modern. Other than ambient moisture getting into the tank via condensation, it is not used that much.

[TheThunderbird]

I use Mr.Funnel

A good water separator, great funnel. Available in Europe

[daletournier]

Originally Posted by socaldmax

Are any of you guys using a Baja filter/funnel? It filters out water and sludge before it gets in your tanks.

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Funnel-Fue...SNA9S797MAW1X4


I'd also recommend building your own fuel polishing system, that way you can do it yourself underway and don't need to rely on or pay anyone to do it for you. It's not that expensive.

Ive used a very similar funnel, good for water but in my opinion not fine enough. I think they are about 110micron. Coming up the west coast of Sumatra this year every drop of fuel went through it BUT I was changing filters every 50-70hrs.
My next boat will have a polishing system.

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[masonc]

Originally Posted by SSgtPitt

B3C Fuel Solutions. $26.99

That's the one.

[Cheechako]

The problem with Baja filters was you need a very long time to fill your tank. Very slow. You may be anchored in a chop , the boat rocking and rolling, with a commercial fill hose strung to the boat, and trying to fill at a rate of maybe a gallon a minute thru the Baja...

[socaldmax]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

The problem with Baja filters was you need a very long time to fill your tank. Very slow. You may be anchored in a chop , the boat rocking and rolling, with a commercial fill hose strung to the boat, and trying to fill at a rate of maybe a gallon a minute thru the Baja...

The one I linked to is rated at 12-15 GPM. That's pretty fast.

[Cheechako]

Originally Posted by socaldmax

The one I linked to is rated at 12-15 GPM. That's pretty fast.

Well hopefully it is. However, the only way I can think to speed it up is to loosen the filtering to allow bigger stuff thru.

[socaldmax]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

Well hopefully it is. However, the only way I can think to speed it up is to loosen the filtering to allow bigger stuff thru.

If you look at the photo, that unit has 2 separate filter towers, much more filter area. That's how you increase flow, with increased area.

Same thing with the RO watermakers. The higher flow 40 GPH units simply add a second filter to the 25 GPH system, using the same pump.