Oldersalt
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- 1990 Grand Banks 32 #834
Q: Any "gotchas" in draining a bit of sludge from the Racor Filter?
New-to-me 1990 GB 32 with 135 Ford Lehman. Fuel tanks were emptied and cleaned (as much as possible, given the internal baffles) a few months ago.
Racor is the pretty standard (I think) unit with the upside-down transparent bowl with drain valve at the bottom. It also has a guage which so far is not showing any excess pressure.
There is a bit of what looks like the typical brown diesel "sludge" in the bottom of the bowl...maybe 1/4 inch or less.
So, do I need to drain this now? Never touched one of these filters before. Do I just crack the valve at the bottom, catch the fuel and hopefully most of the sludge, being sure to not completely empty the bowl? Then run the engine a bit to make sure the bowl refills?
Thanks in advance for your advice on this.
Oldersalt
New-to-me 1990 GB 32 with 135 Ford Lehman. Fuel tanks were emptied and cleaned (as much as possible, given the internal baffles) a few months ago.
Racor is the pretty standard (I think) unit with the upside-down transparent bowl with drain valve at the bottom. It also has a guage which so far is not showing any excess pressure.
There is a bit of what looks like the typical brown diesel "sludge" in the bottom of the bowl...maybe 1/4 inch or less.
So, do I need to drain this now? Never touched one of these filters before. Do I just crack the valve at the bottom, catch the fuel and hopefully most of the sludge, being sure to not completely empty the bowl? Then run the engine a bit to make sure the bowl refills?
Thanks in advance for your advice on this.
Oldersalt