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Originally Posted by MTUpower
Nothing new in the "article". People on trawlers or sailboats that want to save money is about 95% of trawler or sailboat owners. Quite a bit of info he has passed along is incorrect. The more fuel you use, and the higher turnover rate of fuel in tanks means you are likely to have LESS problems, not more. If you want to filter your fuel use a racor 500FG or other small simple aftermarket filter. While more filtration and a smaller nominal rating of the filtering being done is good, the related time, money and space being used for any system has to be included into the equation, and the final answer of "is it worth it?". My name is William and I drive a 65 footer with 3000 HP for a living. No relation.
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Not being a boat owner it was new to me (and may be new to others also). What I got from the article was that by having the separate fuel filter system it helped prevent having your normal filter system get plugged up an some awkward time and shutting you down (or at least happening as often) and I can see the benefit of what he is saying if I was h aving fuel quality issues.
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Last edited by Diesel911; 03-08-2008 at 12:46 PM.
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