Kevin,
My fuel tank is very difficult to remove or even look into from the sensor
access. After I “polished” my fuel several times, the first time I was
offshore in rough conditions, I replaced my fuel filter (Racor 500) five times
in 100 miles of engine operation. The only thing that really cleaned the fuel
tank was several treatments using the tank cleaner/conditioner made by Star
Brite. The first treatment, five years ago, filled the sediment bowl on my
fuel filter nearly full with gunk. Shortly after that I have removed some more
gunk but now I rarely get anything in the sediment bowl. I’ve been in some
very rough offshore conditions but have never had a problem with fuel filters
since the original treatment.
Good luck,
Frank Noragon
C&C 38LF, S/N:001
Rose City Yacht Club
Portland, Oregon
From: Kevin Driscoll
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:22 PM
To: Dennis C. ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Advice Wanted: Cleaning out a Fuel Tank C&C 30mkII
All very good questions and answers.
My thoughts are that I am going to do what I can from the access hatch (ie
remove old fuel and what solids I can), change the filter, fill er' up again
(with Stabil added) and call it good. I may buy some star brite, whic Practical
Sailor gave two thumbs up to.
Since I am not experiencing any issues at the moment, I will save the
professional cleaning if/when they arise.
Best,
Kevin
C&C 30mkII
Portland, OR
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