Late last fall I picked up a 1980 Mainship 34. It has the standard Perkins Diesel and a northern lights gen (m673D). Two new fuel tanks. The prior owner explained to me at the time that the Perkins draws from the Starboard tank, and he uses the generator to move fuel in between by directing the fuel return with a couple valves.
1) This doesn’t seem like a practical setup, but I don’t know enough. Anyone seen this before?
2) How much fuel would the gen return? In other words, any idea at what rate the fuel would move between tanks. E.g 3gph or 15gph.
Apologize if these are dumb questions, new to the trawler/ diesel game trying to learn.
I sent the prior owner an email, hoping to catch with him today or tomorrow.
1) This doesn’t seem like a practical setup, but I don’t know enough. Anyone seen this before?
2) How much fuel would the gen return? In other words, any idea at what rate the fuel would move between tanks. E.g 3gph or 15gph.
Apologize if these are dumb questions, new to the trawler/ diesel game trying to learn.
I sent the prior owner an email, hoping to catch with him today or tomorrow.