Mexico Fuel Polishing and tank cleaning????

[Divealot]

I am in Ensenada and will be heading south after Hurricane Season. I would like to have my tanks cleaned and fuel polished before heading down.

Does anyone know of a service that does that work near Ensenada. I cannot seem to find anyone. I hate to go back to San Diego for such a simple procedure.

 

[ksanders]

I am in Ensenada and will be heading south after Hurricane Season. I would like to have my tanks cleaned and fuel polished before heading down.

Does anyone know of a service that does that work near Ensenada. I cannot seem to find anyone. I hate to go back to San Diego for such a simple procedure.

Which marina are you in? I'm assuming you have asked around?

 

[Hyperion]

Can't you just run the fuel through your own racors?

 

[mvweebles]

The marine services options in Ensenada are very small, especially for recreational boats. There are a few hundred boats in Marina Coral, a few hundred more in Cruiseport. That's it. Likelihood of there being a specialist is not great, especially with backdrop of Mexican DIY culture that would use a hodge podge of 5-gal pails to offload fuel, then filter it back onto the boat. Less than ideal.

That said, the yard where I was at serviced commercial boats too and sometimes on/off loaded large quantities of fuel using a Goldenrod fuel filter for coarse filtration.

Fuel filtration in California isn't cheap. If I were in your shoes, I'd spend the money on having a decent polishing system installed.

Peter