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Note: The term fuel polishing is used by writers and vendors to mean two entirely different things. One is adding biocides to your fuel; the other is regularly filtering your whole tankfull.
A tour through the dozens of types of filters and what they do. Gives a rule of thumb for sizing fuel filters.
[Good Old Boat, March 1999]
How to prevent fuel contamination by water, microorganisms, and aging. Covers many aspects of fuel system, with a plug for two particular products, DE-BUG Fuel Decontamination Unit and ESI, a recirculating system. 6 pages with diagrams.
[PassageMaker, October 1996]
A boat owner designs his own fuel polishing system, sent the specifications to a components dealer, and installed the items when they arrived. He talks about what he hoped to achieve and the results.
[The Bilge, USA]
Modern lower-sulfur fuels can reduce power and lubrication of your engine. The author discusses fuel additives, filtration and magnetic biocides. Diagrams.
[SailNet, 1 February 2002]
A 40-year-liveaboard couple tell of bad fuel, bad tanks, bad vents and other hazards you can avoid.
[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
A common cause of salt water in the fuel can be eliminated at very low cost.
[landlpardey.com, December 200]
Brief grab bag of facts and commentary on diesel versus gasoline engines, prices of diesel engines, lubrication, cooling, exhaust, and noise. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Where the crud comes from and why the best way to dealing with it is to build a fuel polishing system. The author gives the details of how he did it.
[Trawler World]
Why diesel fuel is more sensitive to contamination than gasoline, and how to diagnose what type of problem your diesel fuel has. A good tour of the equipment for preventing problems in the first place.
[Ocean Voyager, January 2002]
More than 90 percent of all diesel engine problems are fuel related. Period.
Bill Parlatore
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