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Check your fuel filters that is. I must admit its been nearly a year since I opened the valves on mine and judging by the gunge I should do it more often.
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I lost an engine in the shipping lane last year due to a blocked filter. Foggy too, proper scary. However the filters I eventually got have no valve. I should change them but I'm too mean.......
 
not knowing a great deal about fuel filters.....am I correct that draining off some fuel through the valve at the bottom of the filter should be done frequently, and is this where the gunge can be expected to collect, apart from clogging thr filters obviously
 
Me to, occaisionally drain some pink stuff from the tap at the bottem of the filter, no glass bowl so unable to see in, all that has ever come out has been clean red diesel.
 
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I asked about fitting the glass jobbies but was told they were now illegal.

Any truth in this ?

Tom

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Not sure about illegal but if the boat is MCA coded then they are not permitted as they will/may shatter in a fire.

W.
 
I drain mine every trip out on the starboard filter and 1 in 4 on port side. I've been dosing a bit of bug since I bought the boat and it's not clear yet. The filter was changed once and I carry a spare.

It's not a weekly check in my book but if you' ve any history of mucky fuel, it's best to check more regularly I would have thought.
 
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I asked about fitting the glass jobbies but was told they were now illegal.

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i thought that was glass sight glasses for seeing how much fuel you have left but the fuel filters are glass so it might be the same rule
 
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I asked about fitting the glass jobbies but was told they were now illegal.

Any truth in this ?

Tom

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Interesting ... my P42 has the glass separators and it's only 9 months old, so if they are illegal it would need to have been a recent change.

Cheers
Jimmy
 
I have glass bowls on my fleetguard separators, I check them every time I go out and run off any water when necessary, usually when the water reaches half way up the bowl, approx 20mm. I also change the filters themselves including the engine fuel filters at the end of each season.
 
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Not sure about illegal but if the boat is MCA coded then they are not permitted as they will/may shatter in a fire.
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I think it came about because glass bowled filters are mot allowed on the inland waterways, however IMHO if the fire on your boat is serious enough to shatter a filter, then the boat is on a one way trip to davy jones anyway so I cannot see the point
 
I heard they need to be in metal if they are mounted in the engine room to be CE compliant.
Ok to have glass if they are not in the engine room.
 
It will fail the boat safety certificate for the Thames with glass bowls. My old boat had a metal bowl used only on the day of inspection.
It really is the way to go, it's on my to do list to swap the new boat over to a better system.
 
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