Filtering Gasoline from Tranfer Tank
I wanted to see if anyone has any ideas for me on transferring gasoline from a 30 gallon transfer tank to 5 gal jugs. I want to use my shaker tube hose to transfer gas to the 5 gal jugs so I can lug t...
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Chum lee wrote:
There is no information about the outboard motor on your boat. Is it fuel injected? If so, chances are it has a high quality (10 micron or better) existing inline filter. Why do you think that the fuel in the aux tank is contaminated?
In recent years, almost every outboard motor I've seen has some type of inline fuel filtration system between the tank on the boat and the outboard motor. Have you ever serviced/replaced the on board fuel filter? Why not use the fuel filter that you already have? If you KNOW that the fuel in your aux tank is contaminated, you could change the existing filter. (that's what it is for)
If there is water/ethanol in the fuel, a particulate filter, most likely, won't help anyway.
Chum lee
I never sdaid I have contaminated fuel, just wanting to make sure it is clean before going into jugs then boat take. I also said that the motor has it's own filter and of course it should pick it up but why not prevent motor repair by doing some prevention? Whenever you transfer fuel from container to container, it's a good idea to filter it because you never know what has fallen or been pumped into the container before. Fuel injectors are expensive so an ounce of prevention will help in the long run. I will also but a couple of cans that will only be used for this method so I know they are clean from the get go.
