[C38] To polish or not to polish

[Phil Gay]

Steve,

 

During my first spring with Que Linda, I noticed water in both the primary
and secondary fuel filters.  After talking with several people, I learned
that the biggest cause for water in the tank here in the Northwest is
rainwater coming in around the deck fill because of a bad or insufficiently
tightened o ring.  I replaced my o ring and haven't had a problem since.  I
need to add, though, that every spring I remove the fuel gage sender and
suck the sediment out of the lowest point in my fuel tank with an oil
removal pickup tube stiffened by attaching a small metal rod.

 

Phil Gay

C38 049 Que Linda

Everett, WA

 

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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Steve Smolinske
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 1:55 PM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: [C38] To polish or not to polish

 

On our trip we hit a stretch of motoring for about 4 hours where the bow was
in the water as much as it was out.  To say the least the tank got pretty
welled stirred up, the next day our fuel supply was plagued with lots of
water causing us to loose power 5 or 6 times, until I went down, drained the
bowl, bleed the engine and waited for the next time it cut out.   When we
got to port I changed the filter which after 15 hours was black and full of
organic material.   Before starting home at the end of the week I changed
the filter again and this time it looked like you would expect after only a
10 hours of use.  My question is for comments on peoples experiences and
thoughts about polishing the tank.  It is in the yard right now having a
bracket fabricated for the heat exchanger which broke during the trip as
well.  My two thoughts are to 1) install access ports in tank and polish the
tank,  or 2) filter the fuel that is in the tank, and buy a big supply of
primary and secondary filters.   I like the second option just from the
expense side of the equation.  Im also considering installing a Y from the
fuel pump to two separate secondary filters, that way in the future should
similar problems arise, I can while under power just switch from one filter
to the next without loosing the engine.  Thanks All. 

  

 

Steve Smolinske

Peregrine #312

Seattle

 

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