Filling up

[dkm]

How many forumites filter their diesel before it goes into the tank? Is it worth the effort?
I recently bought a funnel with a built in filter and wondered if it offered any advantge when filling up with diesel

 

[andy59]

I just fill straight in to tank , but i use lymington yacht haven who seem to shift a lot of fuel so logically it should be clean , and after 3600 litres last season the rubbish in the filter would not even have filled an egg cup ! . Also i think a lot of boats may have a pre filter and engine filter so unless you get the dreaded bug you should be ok ! ONLY in my humble opinion of course .

 

[peterandjeanette]

Buying from a reliable source that has a large throughput shouldn't be a problem. I don't filter, but I do treat each fill with s****on or similar product. Filters this year were very clean.

Can't help thinking that filtering would slow down the time taken to fill. Putting in 800 litres through a funnel would take for ever.

 

[spannerman]

Or 11,000 ltrs it takes to fill up our Princess 95! Luckily it has a built in fuel polishing system.

 

[Sneds]

Princess 95? Got a picure pls? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[spannerman]

I haven't figured out how to post pics here yet, but if you send me your email I'll send some over.