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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 8:44:28 GMT
Kriss. Looking at the pics, the vast expanse of space suggests "BIG BOAT". Is that engine big enough?
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Post by kris on May 31, 2016 10:44:57 GMT
Thanks Peter, yes jenlyn it's big enough. It's a modern propensity to have too big an engine. It's rated at 43bhp at 2200rpm, I've governed it to 1500rpm maximum so approx 30bhp. It gets no where near that on the canal, I'm just getting used to it but I'd say 200-300rpm gives me a cruising speed of just over 2mph. You struggle to get a big boat to go any faster on a narrow shallow canal. So plenty big enough, remember it's swinging a big prop.
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Post by peterboat on May 31, 2016 12:10:25 GMT
I thought it would be fine Trent might be exciting though pick your day 11 meter tides are not fun!!!
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Post by PaulG2 on May 31, 2016 13:20:12 GMT
Looking good, Kris. Congratulations!
A boat that moves, what a concept, eh? I bet you must be overjoyed to able to do that again.
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Post by naughtyfox on May 31, 2016 15:10:53 GMT
Interesting pics!
We don't have any pre-filters for the fuel, just the engine's own fuel filter (cartridge). Sometimes I have sucked from the bottom of the tank, with pump attached to an electric drill, 10 litres of diesel into old transparent water containers for examination - ours has looked clean so far. At the moment 10 litres are standing in two 5 litre bottles and will be poured back into the tank through a filter - and the filter I have is some kind of insulating white coloured material - just stick some in a funnel. I tried coffee percolator paper which doesn't work.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 17:35:09 GMT
We got some nasty fuel once, I'm not 100% sure where it was from but I have strong suspicions, we want from gin clear diesel when I took a sample to black sludgy shit in a couple of months. I had to cut the top of the tank out to get a wet n dry vac in there to get it all out. New set up is a tank with inspection hatch so if we ever get gunged up again it's easier to sort. Filters as mentioned previously, job sorted
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Post by kris on Jun 3, 2016 7:46:04 GMT
I still think the best way of making shure your not trying to put crud in your engine, is to have a day tank that you fill before you start the engine. Yes it's more hassle but I physically inspect the fuel before it goes in the day tank. Hence no dirty fuel goes anywhere near the engine. The problems arise when diesel is left in half full tanks for long periods.
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Post by peterboat on Jun 3, 2016 7:51:00 GMT
I am still with the prefilter Kris you cant see the dirt in the tank plus the microbes that cause all the problems are contained within the diesel. The day tank wins a bit because the fuel isnt in there long. But to really protect yourself you would have to drain it if leaving it for any length of time
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Post by kris on Jun 3, 2016 8:03:22 GMT
Fuel doesn't stay in my tank long enough to go off. You can see bug in diesel. So don't put it in simples. Most of the problems come from diesel left in half full tanks. So you stick with your pre filters, I'll stick to checking the diesel before it goes anywhere near my filter.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 8:19:47 GMT
Fuel doesn't stay in my tank long enough to go off. You can see bug in diesel. So don't put it in simples. Most of the problems come from diesel left in half full tanks. So you stick with your pre filters, I'll stick to checking the diesel before it goes anywhere near my filter. You can't when it's shot in by a pump at a Marina! I have suspicion were it came from but can't prove it so in the interests of fairness i won't call em out I now get my fuel from Alan Buckle on Bletchly, he is pretty good, I mostly get it in cans so can see there's no shite in it. When we are away from our river I do have to rely in riverside suppliers hence the alterations to my system. The new tank is buried away in the transom - I can get to it if I want but it involve removing trim and paneling so I improved filtration first as last. As you say, a day tank is a bit easier to look after than one that has crap access.
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Post by kris on Jun 3, 2016 8:24:48 GMT
I buy all my fuel in cans, then decant it. If there's bug or crud in it, then it's returned. You have to be careful about the fuel you put in your engine.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 8:29:09 GMT
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