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Originally Posted by Astraeus
1Out for a sail in Astraeus today as my brother and son home from Australia. Motored up river through bridges (2knots of wind!) then when preparing to anchor for lunch.... Engine almost dies. Checking filters which were clear two weeks ago and.... The dreaded diesel bug. Filters clogged.... Diesel in tank.... Yuck! Whole tank of diesel too!
I suspect water has got n when we had that very, very heavy rain last week.
So, after anchoring for lunch.... bypass main filter, and renew engine filter and take fuel directly from 10 litre plastic can that I always have on board and get our little outboard going. Plenty wind for sail home., sails down before harbour, outboard into harbour then main engine started and back to berth.
So Monday will be a day of chucking out ( to recycling centre) 45 litres of diesel, tank seal off and clean out with some petrol rags.
Absolute pain
Grrrr
Chris
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WHY on earth would you throw away 45 litres of Diesel ??/
Cant you use one of those funnels that separate water from the diesel,Not sure what they are called.