REVERSO FUEL POLISHING MODULE

I am new to diesel world I have seen all these things and hear about having spare filters etc. Has anyone actually had any fuel issues? I'm suspecting it is not a common problem ? I have put about 200 hours on my tug this summer and a lot of fuel through her and no hick ups at all .
 
If I was traveling in third world remote locations I might be concerned about fuel quality. Here in the USA, at well used marinas I am not concerned with and have never had fuel quality problems.
 
I wish I could say I've never had fuel problems. When I had my Albin trawler on the TN River, Guntersville Lake, I had problems, went thru a lot of filters. Had problems on Lake Lanier with my Ranger R21EC. Used a few filters there also. The boat was brand new, no blaming crud on the bottom of an older vessel's tank.

gene
 
It is my understanding that the way our fuel systems work it is similar to scrubbing because the fuel has a return line and gets re-filtered on a continuous basis. Any comments?
 
knotflying":24o3ec8k said:
It is my understanding that the way our fuel systems work it is similar to scrubbing because the fuel has a return line and gets re-filtered on a continuous basis. Any comments?
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That is true. Whenever you are running the engine you are polishing the fuel. The electric lift pump pumps more fuel than the engine needs (significantly more at low RPM), the excess is returned to the tank. This is filtered fuel that is returning. Even the genset returns filtered fuel back to the tank.
As long as you purchase fuel from a reliable source that does a lot of business you should not have a problem. The marina where we keep Little Debbie has a modern above ground tank farm and does a lot of business. When I drained the filter bowl after 125 hours or so there was only two drops of water. This could have been from condensation.

Howard
 
After 5 years and 1250 hours, there is no crud or water in the bowl on the fuel filter. I have never changed the filter. I installed a vacuum guage like device that measures the health of the fuel filter. It continues to indicate at the bottom of the green range.
 
Howard on Little Debbie gave as good of an explanation as there is for our fuel system. I have no experience with the Reverso product but with Howards description it would seem this product would not be needed. At roughly $900, in my opinion, I think the money would be better spent installing a Raycor duel filter system with a vacuum gauge that shows fuel flow constraint. When constrain is shown on the gauge it is time to change the filter. Also have several fuel filters on hand because when you do get bad fuel (we have) you can go thru several filters as they capture the bad stuff on the way to your engine.

Jim F
 
Does the guage that shows vac install on dash? This does sound like a better use of boating dollars along with an additional filter. Would I be correct in assuming in the dual filter install filter #2 would usually be pretty clean as the fuel it gets would already be filtered ? This really seems like a good idea
 
In response to Irish Mist questions........On the Raycor duel fuel filter system we had on a prior boat the gauge was attached to the center of the filter system as it measured the fuel going thru it. I do not know if an auxiliary gauge could be mounted on the dash, maybe someone else has this answer. As far as the duel filters you are partially correct. In the duel set up one filter is always being used with fuel flowing thru it while the other one rests in fuel but does not have fuel being run thru it. There is a lever that turns from one filter to off or to the other filter. The advantage of this is if filter #1 starts to constrict enough that it hinders your engine performance you can (while still driving the boat) have someone turn the lever to the other clean filter and continue your trip uninterrupted. When you get to port you turn the lever to the off position, open the filter lid and swap out the dirty filter for a clean one and continue to operate the engine when you go back out on the recently opened fuel filter.

Jim F
 
For the small difference in cost I think I am going to go with the polisher when I get the boat. Mine will be sitting on a trailer next to the garage every so often for extended periods of time. The Reverso will allow me to clean my fuel before I leave the house. It may also make it possible to not have to carry so many filters onboard and free up storage space for other stuff.............
 
I guess in a group this size there is going to be someone that has had a bad experience with fuel. In my business I burn a lot of diesel ($30,000.00 per year) in all kinds of on road and off road equipment. I change the filters every 250 hours at the regular service interval and have had no problems. Most of my equipment also has a water drain and I cant remember the last time I found enough water in one of these separators to even drain it.

Buy all means, do what ever makes you feel comfortable but, considering the Ranger already has an excellent filter, I would put the money into the fuel tank, not an expensive auxiliary filter system. I think it will give you much more pleasure.
 
I agree completely on more pleasure from cruising than buying parts, accessories etc. Just one of the things I am kicking around for now.
 
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