[C38] Old fuel

[Patrick Harpole]

You might open the tank....stick a tube that has a siphon bulb on it to the
bottom of the tank....siphon....water's denser than diesel so it will be at
the bottom.  Have you checked your glass reservoir near fuel filter?
Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of harrypowell at mac.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:02 PM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] Old fuel

Short of throwing the fuel away, one fuel dock I use will "scrub" fuel,
basically pump it out, run it through a series of filters, then back into
the tank. Worth looking into and maybe cheaper than a few filter elements
you may burn through. Do you have a Racor type filter that wil separate out
any water?

Harry

Sum Fun, hull 258 in San Diego

 
On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at 12:09PM, "Duff, Russ (R.W.)"
<rduff at visteon.com> wrote:
>OK, what do you guys think? For various reasons, my boat hasn't been used
>for the last two seasons. It sat on the hard last summer, and in a slip the
>summer before without ever going out. Basically it has been unused since
>summer of '05. Do you think I will have a problem with the old diesel fuel
>(I don't think I added a preservative to it; I can't remember, and I don't
>know what the fuel level is), or do you think it will be ok. I am located
in
>south eastern Michigan on the west end of Lake Erie. Thanks.
>
>Sincerely,
>Russ Duff
>Catalina 38, Hull #112
>"AVANTURA"
>Lake Erie
>Grosse Ile, Michigan
>RDUFF AT VISTEON DOT COM
>
>AVANTURA AT COMCAST DOT NET
>
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