Re: Algea Treatment Reply #25 – May 26, 2020, 02:07:39 pm Wouldn't mind doing away with my secondary as it is a bear to service.Then again having no filtration issues knee jerk tells me to invest my time in areas where issues exist. Thank goodness there aren't many presently. Quote Selected
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #26 – May 27, 2020, 10:54:45 am You can add a filter and pick your micron value. . All you would need a one more set of lines. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #27 – May 27, 2020, 12:17:11 pm Dub, that looks like the daveco that I installed on my coach as the primary. I really like the way it is set up sa filter gets topple up the fuel foes higher in the bowl. I think it is recommended that once fuel gets within 10% of top to change filter -- I always change mine when fuel gets about 2/3 up in clear bowl.It has a drain that I check for water. I run a 10 micron filter in it with a 5 micron in secondary per my cummins mechanic friend. in my opinion filters are cheap when you consider the ISM has electronic fuel pump and injection that will cost 5 Coach bucks or more to get overhauled. The older ones with mechanical pumps and injectors are around 1 to 1.5 CBThe PO had the original racor primary bypassed and was using a 10 micron filter in secondaryChris Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #28 – May 27, 2020, 01:47:17 pm Don't know if Foretravel added the primary on my '81 of if Hendrickson installed it with the chassis. Was trouble free for the 18 years we used it and it is still working leak free today. I am having to move the coach to my property as the property I stored all the old coaches sold. Started up like it had been used yesterday except for exhaust smoke. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #29 – May 27, 2020, 02:02:06 pm Quote from: Dub – May 26, 2020, 02:07:39 pmWouldn't mind doing away with my secondary as it is a bear to service.Then again having no filtration issues knee jerk tells me to invest my time in areas where issues exist. Thank goodness there aren't many presently.Very easy and cheap to install a remote secondary where access is easy. Without a good filter, no issues can become big issues out of the blue. remote secondary diesel filter | eBayPierce Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #30 – May 28, 2020, 12:04:36 pm There again it's one of those things that isn't causing a big problem so one tends to do projects in the order of importance.. I will say this, both Baldwin and Wix primary never let any of the algae I had pass to the secondary. I will likely in time put the filters side by side near where my primary is for easy access to both.. I imagine most owners of my model 8.3 has reached for the secondary that is tucked away pretty darn well. I change my primary but usually get an employee who is built like a snake fetch the secondary, I can do it but it does mess up a shirt. All input is good and all new owners and some seasoned owners need to make note of the FPPF Killem for Algae treatment and at least consider it because it "appears" to have cleared mine up.. I didn't want to drive 190 miles to Nachogdoches just for Keith to filter the fuel if "I didn't have to" because I know me and I would have bought something I can do without once I get in the store. Something else for the new owners, the drain cock on the bottom of a primary is perfect for draining off water and small trash BUT you would never get the strands of algae to pass thru it and it clings to the filter material as it should. Keep fuel clean, it makes going down the road a more beautiful thing. Quote Selected 3 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #31 – May 28, 2020, 12:47:41 pm Quote from: Dub – May 28, 2020, 12:04:36 pm I didn't want to drive 190 miles to Nachogdoches just for Keith to filter the fuel if "I didn't have to" because I know me and I would have bought something I can do without once I get in the store..If you drove to N to have Keith polish your fuel. that's a big waste of time, fuel and money. A super clean tank is only good until the next fill or the one after that, until the water/algae is introduced again into the "clean" tank. If you have a good primary, it does not matter much what is in the tank. My tractor tank (almost 500 gallons and 20 years old) is full of algae but I have a spin-on on the outlet. It catches everything and there is never any trace of algae, just red diesel. The old Case loves it as well as the OM22 diesel heater.Pierce Quote Selected
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #32 – May 28, 2020, 09:35:23 pm Does anyone use Biobor JF Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #33 – May 28, 2020, 09:39:52 pm Yes. Use a dose every fill up... Quote Selected
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #34 – May 28, 2020, 09:59:14 pm Quote from: Lt403 – May 28, 2020, 09:35:23 pmDoes anyone use Biobor JFYes, and have for the last 20 years when storing diesel for over 2 months in summer or 3 in winter. And tank ALWAYS full. Quote Selected
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #35 – May 28, 2020, 10:04:16 pm Yes to Biobor. Get the big bottle on eBay. Quote Selected
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #36 – May 28, 2020, 10:15:18 pm Big mistake not to use BioBor And leave tank full when possible Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #37 – May 28, 2020, 10:19:13 pm Yes. Used it on all the tuna boats and tow boats I ever worked on. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Algea Treatment Reply #39 – May 29, 2020, 04:50:37 pm I change the secondary with channel locks from the inside bedroom,is harder then the primary but would be much harder to redoit,ours has run 239k miles with the stock filter system.If you read the fine print on every manufacturers filter the micron rating may be the same but the % is different, will make your head spin. Quote Selected
Topic: Algea Treatment