Make sure you cut open the rubber plug on top of the gauges or their readings will be way off. Joe. Coquina
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2019, at 09:57, bwhitmore <bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > I just bought vacuum gauges through Amazon, they are liquid-filled (to reduce > shake from vibration) and are 0- 30 hg. Watch when you're buying them > though, as many are vacuum and pressure gauges combined, and some are > pressure only, and they all show up with you are looking for vacuum gauges. > An issue with the search function... > At any rate, they were about $10 each, and I intend to put one immediately on > the output side of the Racor and one on the output side of the primary > (engine mounted) filter. > > I second the use of biobar! I also used Starbrite's tank cleaner, and have > to say that somehow, it worked. I visually inspected our tank a month or two > ago after owning the boat for going on 3 years. There was a little black > gunk in the tank, but it is stuck to the bottom and has to be scraped to come > loose. When I first got the boat and had to move it 120 miles to get it > home, it had been sitting at the dock for a long time. I got a small 12 volt > pump and ran a hose from the output of the racor and back to the tank and let > it run for 24+ hours to polish the fuel. While I didn't clog the filter, I > certainly had about 1/2" of black sooty looking stuff in the racor bowl. > Now, I never see anything even after motoring through some pretty rough > stuff. > > And yes, air could be the issue as well. > > Finally, I highly recommend the visual inspection of the tank, even if it is > only through the hole for the sending unit. Doing that gave me a LOT more > comfort regarding the condition of the tank and fuel. > > Hope this helps, > > Bruce > > > > Sent from Samsung tablet.
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