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Inline fuel filter (is it needed)

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Inline fuel filter (is it needed)

Postby JStokes » Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:23 pm

Interested to see how many of you out there have an inline fuel filter before the Fuel/Filter water separator that is attached to the fuel pump.

*note I have a 270 coastal with a Volvo Penta Stern drive.

My concern is, why add another point of potential fuel starvation.

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Re: Inline fuel filter (is it needed)

Postby A1251 » Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:37 am

FW sep should be the first filtration into the system. Consider running a 2 micron racor. Then into the whatever filter is on/in the motor. I have on 3 different boats and nothing gets past it. Have a spare on board and the tools to change.
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Re: Inline fuel filter (is it needed)

Postby CptBill » Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:46 pm

On our Larson w/twin 5.7 TBI's and VP duo-prop we run 10 micron fue/water sep. and 10 micro fuel filter. Never had a problem but that also could be where you buy fuel thing
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Re: Inline fuel filter (is it needed)

Postby JStokes » Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:30 pm

@A1251 Your setup is exactly what I am thinking of doing. The current setup is a small inline fuel filter ahead of the Fuel pumps. The Volvo Fuel pump(s) housing has a screw-on water separator/fuel filter integrated into it. The thought of putting a lower performance/higher fail potential filter ahead of a higher performance/lower fail potential filter perplexed me. @CptBill, thanks for all your help and contributions to this board.
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