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Yes it was. I have 2 gas jugs that are,1 gal each. Fuel polisher guy said I would probably need one more filter change out. I have secondarys being shipped to my house & Racor too.

I'm at Muni. My wife is on way up from Detroit to get. Me. I am planning on coming back up in week or so with a filters that I ordered a few days ago. Also a manager at a boat club by me knows of a couple of people that can come back up with me & bring it home then. If I can figure out how to...

These Perkins Sabre M300TI have one secondary & 2 oil filters. I don't like that my 2008's have the two oil filters mounted upside down. Had both fuel tanks cleaned & polished & what an intelligent move that was. Black specks & flakes in both & water in the stbd. Now my young captain friend had...

First the Flo Scans were taken out of system because of much extra 3/8" hose routing. That hose was removed to shorten the length from tank to Racor. The way the Flo Scans were installed ALL the fuel that fed the Racor went through the Flo Scan spin-on looking filter. That seems like a good...

He was not there to reinstall & reroute the Flo Scan hoses. He was there to try to get me going. I can mess with Flo Scans at a later date. As far as a mechanic he was Cat's field tech for 30 years & has told me of numerous problems of air in engines. As for me, I have no knowledge of Flo Scans...

The mechanic said that whoever did them didn't know what they were doing. They had the main Flo Scan filter/sensor FEEDING the Racors. I would think the Racors would feed the main Flo Scan filter/sensor & then feed the engine. Plus, they used up feet of hose like it was free. They added over 20...

Thank you CAPP208. No one checked lift pump pressure. The mechanic noted that the hose was marine labeled or something. I plan on installing the Racor MAN800 or some number close. I want to do the electric lift pump thing when I get home & learn what to do. I also read that some boats have...

Thanks to All I've been reading all the posts & trying to answer everything that I may have omitted. I don't think the average person can understand how much it mean to me to have so many people that I don't know try to help me out. Since this started about 4 days ago I've been so nerved up &...

I planned on converting my T handle at work to hold a vacuum gauge. I plan on getting I think the man800 Racors or some number similar. The elements are much larger than my 500 series. I also thinking of using my now 500's & installing 10 or 2 micron elements in them. I just want to do the best...

There is no manuals with boat but I did download a big User's Handbook from Boatdiesel.com. It helps. When I get home I'll get every manual for it so I can take really good care of everything. This is my retirement boat but it just might do me in with stress before I retire at end of 2016. If I...

Thank you for looking that up for me. I have Dwyer stuff for HVAC. Sure seems like a good idea. On a similar note someone suggested that Cat sells clear sight tube for T/A in the fuel. I assume the T/A means trash/Air.

Finally got draw out & it was clean as can be. No screen. I've looked but cant see to find any other valving that a shut-off that looks like it connects port tank fuel to stbd tank fuel in engine room. There is no shut-off valve at tank that feeds Racors. There is a shut-off just before Racor...

Wow, I never heard anything like that. Thanks for help. The last sentence was to use a water dispersent. I thought you were not to desolve the water so it would stay water so the racor coud remove. I thought if you dissolved the water then it would get to injection pump etc & hurt it. Thanks

When we stated out with Flo Scan connected I saw readings all over the place at times. Since I had never see a Flo Scan operate anywhere else I didn't know what to think. The old mechanic that came out said the first thing to do is take them out of the system, both supply & return. He said he...

Absolutely. It ran like a top for 3 hrs. I was in 7th Heaven until it started slowing down. Also found out the boat had not been run in a couple years which of course is opposite of what marina manager told me. The yacht broker fould a listing from 2-3 years ago with the engine hours at the 160...

I did change the Secondary on engine because there was new on on board. I went on internet yesterday & bought 6 secondaries & 8 oil filters because each engine uses 2 oil filters. I hate that the oil filters mount upside down cause I always pre-fill with new oil when installing. I will keep...

Thanks for the clear tubing idea that is great & I will do that when & if I ever get this boat home. Not being a diesel mechanic, it seem to me it would be nice to have a type of clear "accumulator" before Racors to be able to bleed all air out & then to be able to see if air ever enters it by...

I did not open the filler cap but I went to tank fittings & disconnected the fuel vent copper line & was able to blow long & hard & suck & flow is great. Did that to both tanks. It seems the fuel & tanks are dirty. Mechanic used a submersible camera thing & went through removed fuel pipe & could...

I went online & ordered 6 secondary fuel filters. The engines only have I each. That will be changed if this boat ever gets to Detroit. The mobile fuel polIshing guy will be here Monday about noon. I would appreciate any links to home made polishers. I here there's many different ones people...

Thank you. My concern/ worry now is that my friend, an 18 yr old captain graduate has limited time to finish the trip to Detroit. I don't feel confident enough to do it by myself. It just gets worse.

Thank you for that info. It sounds like a smart idea. That might be why I've heard people says that Racor have a tendency to leak air. Who knows?

Older diesel mechanic came out yesterday & completely removed/ bypass Flo Scan system because whoever installed it did poor job. He was thinking air leaks. Went out on sea trials with him h ran fine. We left Muskegon this morn & after about 3 hrs running the port engine started acting up again...

I had Michigan Cat come out to Grand Haven, MI & he looked at old Racor that I just pulled, both of them, & he said they looked good. We took Michigan Cat guy for test run for 15 minuts & fine as wine. Brought him back, topped of fuel & took off. Then after about 45 mins of running the port...

To answer another question there is no valve after Racor to engine. I thought that it would. There is valve way before Racor on input side.