[PUP] PUP:PMM fuel polishing

[David Evans]

Bob,

 I have read most of Steve D'Antonio's articles on fuel systems and
polishing and have enough respect for his Gearheadedness to believe that if
there were a cheaper, more practical way to do this he would enlighten us
all. We can argue matters of degree of contamination, I suppose. His systems
presume polishing a bad supply taken on in a remote location, or turning
over fuel stored seasonally fast enough to clean between the baffles in the
tanks. The return on investment argument pertains to being cheaper than
paying for tank cleaning and fuel polishing once it ruins your day and
causes both engines to die when supplied by a common sourse. Its more
effective than a second "get home engine" that goes dead and leaves you
powerless. Wooupps, there I good arguing the pros and cons of needing
it.....sorry!

Dave Evans
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Bob Frenier <frenier at hughes.net> wrote:

> The fuel polishing debate interests me. Steve D'Antonio of Passagemaker
> Magazine, whom I have come to respect, is a strong advocate of fuel
> polishing. Moreover, he says the high flows of this kind of system require
> a
> larger fuel pump and larger piping; so you need to polish with a separate
> system in addition to the normal fuel filtering system.
>
> The largest part of the argument against a polishing system is a perceived
> minimal return on investment. The polishing system is expensive and there
> is
> (almost always) a way around needing it.
>
> Instead of arguing the pros and cons of polishing, why don't we brainstorm
> a
> creative way for our PMM to get both polishing and final filtering done
> without duplicating systems?
>
> Regards,
> Bob Frenier
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