He should first figure out where all that water is coming from. Does he
have a fuel cooler on the engine to cool return fuel which if compromised
could dump a lot of water back into the tank along with the return fuel?
Does he not have a low-point drain on the tank? Maybe he has a standpipe
type fuel feed where the fuel must first travel upward to the top of the
tank before moving to the primary filter (Racor) making it harder to assess
the true level of water contamination. With a bottom-fed fuel system it is
a bit easier to drain the bottom of the tank. As a first option, if he can
stick a stiff hose down to the bottom of the tank from the fill location and
use a hand pump to suck out whatever is down there.
Rich Gano
Frolic (2005 Mainship 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
A friend has water in his fuel tank and is looking for an efficient way to
get the water out. He has been running the engine until his Racor begins
to get too full and then he drains it. It only takes about 10 minutes of
run time to get to the point that it needs to be drained. He has a single
Racor on the engine making this s slow, tedious process. Any ideas how he
can speed up this process? There are no companies in this area who
do fuel polishing.
Mike Sullivan
Irish Ayes
Knoxville, TN
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He should first figure out where all that water is coming from. Does he
have a fuel cooler on the engine to cool return fuel which if compromised
could dump a lot of water back into the tank along with the return fuel?
Does he not have a low-point drain on the tank? Maybe he has a standpipe
type fuel feed where the fuel must first travel upward to the top of the
tank before moving to the primary filter (Racor) making it harder to assess
the true level of water contamination. With a bottom-fed fuel system it is
a bit easier to drain the bottom of the tank. As a first option, if he can
stick a stiff hose down to the bottom of the tank from the fill location and
use a hand pump to suck out whatever is down there.
Rich Gano
Frolic (2005 Mainship 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
A friend has water in his fuel tank and is looking for an efficient way to
get the water out. He has been running the engine until his Racor begins
to get too full and then he drains it. It only takes about 10 minutes of
run time to get to the point that it needs to be drained. He has a single
Racor on the engine making this s slow, tedious process. Any ideas how he
can speed up this process? There are no companies in this area who
do fuel polishing.
Mike Sullivan
Irish Ayes
Knoxville, TN
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