fuel filter replacement when boat at an angle on hard stand?

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Can anyone advise,
I am about to change my primary and engine fuel filter for the first time and have just thought that since I am still on the hard stand and the boat is lying a 10 degrees or slightly more is there the chance that I could get an air buble in the the primary fuel filter, which due to the angle of the boat will not bleed until the boat is nearly flat. :-or am I looking for a problem that does not exist any thought?
Or if this could be a problem any way of changing the primary filter prior to being launched
Any thoughts greatfully received
 
when you bleed the system you will be phisically purging the lines and filters of air.. you should therefore be OK.
 
presumeably you won't be starting the engine until you're floating (i.e. level) again, so just be sure to purge the system properly before you fire her up, when you're in the water.
 
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Will be starting the engine on the hard stand with fresh water going through the cooling system but dont know if the air lock would go throught to the engine if the boat is at a slant? or whether it would remain in the primary fuel filter until boat level?
 
Impossible to say for sure. It's not unusual for an engine to require repeated bleeds when afloat as well, bubbles are dislodged by the boat's movement and travel around the pipes. If the filter is well below the level of the fuel in the tank it should yield best results as the pipe can be left to refill naturally up to the bleed screw on the filter.
 
Re: fuel filter replacement when boat at an angle on hard stand?

If you're running the engine while ashore you need to be sure the vibration doesn't loosen any props, though you may have bilge keels or a cradle when it will matter less.
 
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