[C38] To polish or not to polish

[Max Soto]

Hi Steve,

My heatexchanger bracket broke because it was corroded , I just made one
myself out of  stainles steel and that was it.
I also was the one that threw the chain inside the tank. it took about an
hour of shaking until the tank was really clean.
It worked. A local mechanic recommended that.

I also welded a 1/2 nipple with a plug on the, so I can remove it and reach
the deepest side of the tank with a stick and be able to check fuel level in
case the fuel meter stopped working.

I was giving the chain a chance, if I had no results, I would have followed
Rich`s way.
Thank god it worked, because $229 for the ports, plus shipping to freight
forwarder, shipping to costa rica, plus CR taxes, they would have cost me
around $450.
In my case about five gallons of old and dirty diesel, and that was it. Give
the chain a chance!

Hope this helps,

Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica

2008/8/4, Steve Smolinske <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>:
>
>  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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