Isn't that the way? Always the last 5% that's the hardest...

 

Les just had a hip replacement, and it's not a situation where you see someone up and walking normally in a week, she couldn't have the latest procedure. Plus she de-hydrates about every 2-3 hours during the night. A slight disturbance from bed motion was one thing.....now I'm as tired as she normally is.

Man, I tell you what, don't ever get the bright idea that you want to see what the surgery looks like on YouTube.

 

Always something, isn't it? I never could watch surgery videos, especially the ones involving cutting, drilling, and grinding of bones and joints. I think I was ruined at an early age by the stories on "That's Incredible" in which they showed the surgeries on prime time television.

 

I ended up going with this for a converter:


Here's the set-up:




This was after running 30 gallons through:



After all was said and done:





Notes:
1. I think the HFCM filter was slightly used/discolored so I can't be sure how much, if any, sludge got through the prefilter.
2. The strainer funnel was a great find at the local brewing supply. They also had the very fine mesh bag that went under the screen that came with the funnel. And cheaper than amazon.
3. Saved money with the 1/2" PEX fittings and valves and they have bigger IDs for better flow. The fittings were almost half the price of barbed fittings, and the valves while the same as regular ball valves, didn't require barbs. Had to warm-up the 3/8 vinyl tubing with a heat gun to get it over the PEX nipples but no biggie.
4. It sure is easy to strip the threads for the HFCM drain plug.
5. I timed the fuel pump flow rate at 6:30 mins/5 gallons. So that calculates to 46gal/hr at idle with no back pressure.
6. The fuel in the 5gal water bottle didn't look nearly as dark in person as it does in the first pic.

Going forward, the plan is to stabilize and boicide it all again (gonna try Bell Performance products this time), put the Racor prefilter on the truck, and run this through the truck mixed-in with half a tank of fresh fuel, and plan on doing a three month rotation after that.

Oh yeah, and injectors will be getting replaced after its all used up anyway.

 

Man Chris, that's a lot of gunk in the fuel. I never imagined you had that much.

Great set up and thanks for the fuel flow measurement. With that flow rate, it sounds like the HFCM system with its return to the tank possibly re-filters the fuel at least every hour.

Good job! Can't rep you, locked out.

 

Forgot to mention:

1. The earliest date on the containers was 7/1/2018. Everything I read previously said diesel could be stored for two years. The Bell Performance website says up to 12 months under the best conditions. And the one condition that I'll never be able to meet because I don't have a basement or root cellar is storing it at a constant 70 degrees F. I'm sure 100F in the garage or higher in the trailer in direct sunlight isn't helping.

2. I drained the prefilter and HFCM four times and not a drop of water was visible.

3. All the containers got rinsed out with a pint of denatured alcohol and allowed to dry over night before filtered fuel went back in. There were seven yellow containers (older ones I bought used from a guy on craigslist) that were extra gross that got rinsed twice. Guess I should have rinsed those before I used them the first time. The alcohol did a great job of breaking-down the fine sediment that was stuck to the bottom of the tanks.

4. An insightful note from Biobor about their biocide Biobor JF:
"If there is growth present in the fuel system, the only way to effectively kill them is with a fuel biocide. Biobor JF will kill any present microbial growth turning live growth (large slimy matts) into a coffee ground like particulate (dead growth), resulting in a manageable particulate for filtration to remove. The key is stopping active growth to prevent the exponential issues caused by their activity, and continue the use of biocide treatment to maintain a sterile system. Inline fuel filters are your first line of defense, so dead growth will be removed by them during post-treatment operation and will need monitoring and changing until clean. If the microbial issue was severe, fuel filtration/polishing is recommended after biocide treatment to remove dead biomass and other particulates, water, etc."

They should say that polishing is REQUIRED 17 months after treating with Biobor JF.

 

I would have rep'd you a million years ago if I knew how. I've looked for information to no avail, and I've asked around and all I get is crickets. If there's a sticky about it that would be most useful but I haven't found it. If it's a matter of paying for a yearly subscription nobody has told me that either.

 

Appreciated, but not necessary.

You hit the scales.

 

Rep sent! Look at me, I'm handing out reps!