Fuel every where

Nothing to do with fuel leak
One place we fueled at the person running the pump was very attentive to what I was doing.
He then told me that one boat came in and filled their sewage tank with gas. Marina gave him a hand pump and he emptied the tank into 5 gallon gas cans. Other marina had a gas boat blow up and the attendant was very attentive. After fueling I always let the blower run for 5+ minutes before I start the engines. Each time I leave the boat at the marina I send the marina an email how much fuel is on the boat including the dinghy.
 
fwebster said:
I use Wix and NAPA Gold filters on equipment where the engines are visible and I can see a leak. I never use aftermarket filters on anything where I cannot see the engine or underneath it as it is under load or on equipment where I don't want to deal with a failure like on my Caterpillars, the Cummins in my backhoe, or in one of the Lexus cars.

I have seen aftermarket filters fail at seams on the can but only on high performance engines with high volume/pressure oil pumps.....back when I didn't have enough financial sense to avoid those things.......like boating makes financial sense!
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Since I had my 454 Crusader's completely rebuild with high pressure high volume oil pumps I have used K&N oil filters. They use a heavy gauge steel canister designed for race engine use. My 454s run 60 psi at idle and 80 psi at 3000 rpm when warmed up to 160 degrees. I've seen Mercruiser OEM filters cause low oil pressure alarm on Mercruiser 454s when nothing was wrong with the engine. Changed the filter and alarm went and stayed off. I also use Valvoline VR-1 racing oil with ZDDP additive to protect the flat tappet cam and lifters.
 
Spilled diesel is easier to clean up than you might think. Several oil absorbant pads and a bucket to get most of the fuel out of the bilge sumps and off the boat, then a good detergent in a spray bottle and spray off everything you can get to, hose it off and let the boat sit overnight then more absorbant pads to get any remaining diesel pooling in the bilge, then another dose of spray detergent. If you are supersensitive, a final wash with a dishwashsing detergent that has fragrance in it will help. Diesel will eventually evaporate, so there will be no long term odor left behind.

Anyone who is mechanical pretty quickly learns the difference between the smell of saw un-burned diesel and diesel exhaust. I can usually walk behind a diesel boat and tell immediately if there is unburned diesel somewhere omn the boat besides in the tanks. I've only had one spill on my boat and that was from a Racor bowl seal that split. I could smell it as soon as I unzipped the caanvas. When you "smell that smell" stop immediately and find the cause/leak and fix it.
 
Since when are fuel filters placed on the pressurized side of a fuel systen ?
 
"His spin on fuel filer has split at the top bead. Clearly a manufacturing defect. It is a NAPA filter as are all of"
 
Timing of this tread is odd. Ran to Mystic this weekend. over 75 hrs on the mains this season and had diesel fuel all over the top of a tote that's mounted between the motors. Fuel was everywhere. Cleaned it all up . Put down a bunch of absorbing pads ( white) and ran both motors at the dock . NOTHING ! not a spot . I put a wrench on both fuel filters to make sure they were tight . They didn't budge. Headed home yesterday in snot ( 3 hr ride ) again fuel everywhere but I was able to trace it back from the spray pattern to my Fleet guard fuel filter. I cant see exactly where its leaking from but the pattern starts at the filter. Crazy ..
 
Robski97 said:
Timing of this tread is odd. Ran to Mystic this weekend. over 75 hrs on the mains this season and had diesel fuel all over the top of a tote that's mounted between the motors. Fuel was everywhere. Cleaned it all up . Put down a bunch of absorbing pads ( white) and ran both motors at the dock . NOTHING ! not a spot . I put a wrench on both fuel filters to make sure they were tight . They didn't budge. Headed home yesterday in snot ( 3 hr ride ) again fuel everywhere but I was able to trace it back from the spray pattern to my Fleet guard fuel filter. I cant see exactly where its leaking from but the pattern starts at the filter. Crazy ..
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Rob, did you make sure the O ring came off with the old filter before installing the new filter?
Might be worth spinning that filter off just to double check.
 
JVM225 said:
Rob, did you make sure the O ring came off with the old filter before installing the new filter?
Might be worth spinning that filter off just to double check.
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Ur the 100th person that mentioned that . Id like to think so … But at my age...

Ill let u know .

Rob
 
Anyone else catch the Skynrd reference in Frank's post?
 
Just read this thread today! So it actually took 35 seconds.
 
Just one more fix, Lord might do the trick....
 
So I got schooled by two cummins dealers yesterday. the fleet guard ff5488 grommet is only used to keep filtered fuel and non filtered fuel separate . The leak I had was caused by a defective filter. The filter gasket was not seating properly as it ripples in it . ( manufactures defect) Only took 75 hrs to fail : (

Rob .. sorry no L/S references...
 
Robski97 said:
So I got schooled by two cummins dealers yesterday. the fleet guard ff5488 grommet is only used to keep filtered fuel and non filtered fuel separate . The leak I had was caused by a defective filter. The filter gasket was not seating properly as it ripples in it . ( manufactures defect) Only took 75 hrs to fail : (

Rob .. sorry no L/S references...
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Sucks to have the mess but always good when the fix is as simple as a new filter.
 
I have always used CAT filters, but still many years ago the rubber seal blew out on the starboard engine fuel filter making quite a mess in the E.R.
 
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