niggle Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Just been into Hyphose Poole and they hire a fuel polisher for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedger Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Not a high-jack but as an aside to this, I use an additive called 'marinised Marendo' from Wessex Chemicals. Prevents bugs, disperses water and keeps your injectors tip top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nothing like dispersing your water and keeping your injector tip top,,, Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nigge I polished mine last week as when I bought it was 40 pence a litre mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ospreyman Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) nige as an owner of a very expensive new hatch cut in the deck some words of advice/ experience. i broke down in 2008 and was advised it was "THE BUG" did the diesel maintenance course, replaced filters frequently normally if there was a saturday in the month, and religously treated all incoming fuel with an additive - marine 16 which i think was the pbo winner of a test. i also had the fuel polished after the initial problem and whilst not present while it was done a berth neighbour saw a load of gunk coming out and being taken away. all well and good fast forward to 2011 and breakdowns again. in short the bottom of the tank (we eventually stuck a camera down) was covered in sand / rice like particles which when disturbed were not blocking the filters- as bug is supposed to, but were blocking the pipes and junctions in the filter body itself, the reason why when i changed the filter cartridge with the spares carried the problem was not solved. i will never no where/ when this came from or why but it does mean that if you do go the polishing route you have to make sure you get to the bottom of the tank- and mine has three bafffles which presumably meant that the original polishing company had no chance of doing that as the only access then was thro the fuel sender access polish yes but it does not gaurentee problem free boating oh and i am now very familar with stripping down the off engine fuel system at sea! greg ps when we cut into the tank and removed the remaining fuel it was polished, when it went back in after the tank was cleaned, it was done again. i shall be mighty peeved if this happens again! Edited April 12, 2012 by ospreyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niggle Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Greg,very interesting point and a nightmare for you,glad its all sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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