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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Complex fuel system- how to simplify |
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Tue Aug 17 10 12:08 PM |
Aug 16 2010
02:04 AM |
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David Marchand
I am helping a friend figure out his old/new cruising trawler and take it 600 miles down the ICW to Savannah. BTW we figured out that the apparant hot engine was really a bad temp gauge.
The boat h..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Seamax/Fleetguard multi-stage filters |
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Tue Aug 10 10 5:50 PM |
Aug 9 2010
08:22 PM |
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Bill D l
Hello all. Attached are pics of Fleetguard fuel water separator pictures using Seaboard´s Seamax filter heads and vacuum gauges.
The 30 mic FS19513s clogged @ 178 hours. The 10 mic FS1000s right ar..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Seamax double/double filter changes |
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Sun Jul 18 10 2:26 PM |
Jul 15 2010
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Bill D l
Hello all, Bill D here, Installed Tony´s Seamax double/double 30mic-10mic filtration with squeeze bulb setup.
After 200 hrs. the vacuum gauges are getting in the upper ranges of the "green"..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Diesel return line to tank above engine. |
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Tue Jun 29 10 9:10 PM |
Jan 26 2010
01:40 PM |
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Ernstn
Hi.
I have recently fitted my Chris Craft 284 with two Mercruiser 4.2L 220hp diesel.
It had 2 x 5.7L Mercruiser gas engines that I replaced with the diesels.
The engines had 600 hours before..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Fleetguard filters in series high vacuum |
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Sat Jun 26 10 12:31 PM |
Jun 16 2010
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3270my
I have recently changed my fuel system on my 4 cylinder 135 hp Hino diesel 1987
My original filters was a Racor R26S Diesel Spin-On 2 Micron which fed my lift pump.
Then I installed, Fleetguar..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Fleetguard Filter system - Vacuum Gauge Needle not steady |
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Thu Jun 24 10 2:05 AM |
Jun 23 2010
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Bill Waters
I have a pair of Tony´s filter kits on my Volvo 41B engines running FS1000 and I believe a FF5102.
I checked the vacuum gauges at cruise last weekend and one was not steady as usual. They normally..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Diesel leak off fuel injector |
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Mon May 31 10 9:53 PM |
May 31 2010
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Brayeo
In recommissioning Letitia for this year I discovered a problem with my Northern Lights 12kw generator.
The generator bilge contained a fair amount of diesel.
After removing the front of the sound..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Racor 900ma bottom o-rings and seats |
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Sun May 9 10 12:40 PM |
May 6 2010
11:39 PM |
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Matt
I just changed out my Racor 900 paper filters and when I did (first time) I obviously did something wrong.
As I drained the RACOR the drain dish along with an assortment of o-rings, seats, etc.. dr..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Burning Used Oil |
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Wed May 5 10 4:45 PM |
May 2 2010
12:23 AM |
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Northern Lights
Looking for a way to get rid of oil. Will it harm my unit injectors to add a quart of my used engine oil per fifty gallons of diesel? Two micron filter, Volvo D9-500. |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Water Sep |
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Fri Apr 30 10 6:02 PM |
Apr 29 2010
07:51 AM |
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Tom Mc
Here is an interesting video how effective they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1zHKOalysY |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
BioDiesel Questions |
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Sat Apr 17 10 2:00 PM |
Apr 17 2010
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Saylpal
Down here in Panama we are hearing of problems with Biodiesel in Cruising boats.
<Cruisers_Network_Online@yahoogroups.com> I see lots of work coming our way cleaning systems and replacing rubb..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Valvetech versus Stanadyne/Starton |
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Thu Apr 8 10 11:01 PM |
Apr 8 2010
06:13 PM |
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Jsakovits
I am considering addatives for a diesel engine and was considering using either ValveTech or both Stanadyne/Startron on a preventative basis. There is a lot of good thoughts about both products. My un..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Vacuum gauge location |
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Thu Apr 8 10 1:58 PM |
Apr 8 2010
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Yanmar cruiser
I have twin yanmar 4LH-STP´s, and am considering installing vacuum gauges on the suction side of my Racors. Is there an appropriate place on the engines to screw in the gauges or is it better to insta..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Fuel Leakage at Injection pump |
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Fri Apr 2 10 3:32 PM |
Apr 1 2010
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Bill Waters
I thought I would start a discussion regarding fuel leakage at the injection pump. I want to find out if these leakage problems could be caused by the diesel fuel or an additive I put in the tank one ..... |
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General Diesel:Fuel Systems |
Lift pump brands |
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Wed Mar 24 10 2:14 AM |
Mar 24 2010
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Sam A
Afternoon all...
After having ripped out the last of my hair trying to stop a small fuel leak on my Onan MDJE (circa 1979) mechanical lift pump , I have decided to replace it with an electric one...... |
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