Al Gietzen wrote:

I'm thinking to install a Professional Products canister type fuel filter
(see Baker precision web page http://www.bakerprecision.com/wix4.htm ).
Anybody familiar with these?

I'm feeding my FI system from a sump tank that has a sample drain, and could
probably hold close to a quart of 'stuff' before it would get picked up by
the pump.   I have seen/heard recommendations to put the filter ahead of the
pump, and after the pump.  Which is the way to go and why?

Comments appreciated.

Al

I had debre get in a mechanical fuel injection pump on a Mooney causing
the engine to quit. Fortunately I was able to glide to an airport.

Paul Lamar

Installing fuel filter after the pump is a bad idea. From experience on
boats I know that the electric fuel pump will atomize water and push it
trough the filters. In diesels the water will blow the tips off the
injectors.
One boat had to repair lots of engines for that reason.
I do some work for a German diesel fuel filter company, and they always
recommend the filter to be mounted before the fuel pump.
BTW on best practices page, the wrong set up is recommended?
Bulent

BTW Bulent, Can you take some pictures of the rotary engine in this boat
for me at the Miami Boat Show?

Use a flash and frame the picture so there is only a narrow
part of the white box around the edges or none at all. The details of
the black engine should then be well defined. Otherwise
the digital camera will merely show a back hole as in one of
these pictures.

Paul Lamar

 
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