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    Fuel’s Paradise

    by Phil Gutowski Jan 10, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: The fuel filtering system is both effective and easy on the eyes

    Keeping your diesel fuel clean should be one of your highest priorities, and you can avoid a lot of trouble by adding extra filtration. During the 2015-16 winter aboard , our Tayana Vancouver 42, we pulled out our old Perkins 4-108 for a rebuild. With the engine out of the way, I also took the opportunity to plan and install an electric pump-driven polishing system that would improve the likelihood of having clean fuel in our

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