Micro Trawler

Trawlers and motor yacht owners enjoy the sound of our diesel engines, like music to our ears. Diesel engines are at the heart of any boat.

But problems can occur with diesel fuel stored in fuel tanks of your trawler, affecting those diesels?

It is important to know what diesel is to start with. Diesel fuel is processed from crude oil. In oil refineries, oil is heated and the molecules of different hydrocarbons are extracted for fuel. Diesel is much thicker than gasoline vaporizes and much more slowly. It is frequently referred to as fuel "because of its consistency. Often overlooked, diesel is an organic material.

"Provide a good diesel fuel and it will last forever and a day." This old expression is less an exaggeration than you might think. Repair statistics record that 90% of trawlers diesel engine problems from contaminated fuel. The promise of the elimination of 9 out of 10 potential failures should put fuel system maintenance at the top of your list.

The most common signs of fuel contamination in a yacht are blocked fuel filters and a decrease in engine performance. However, the absence of these conditions does not necessarily mean that your diesel fuel is not contaminated. In fact, it is likely that fuel each trawler is moderately contaminated. Tubes diesel pickup, where the diesel engine draws fuel from the tank, usually seated about three-quarters of an inch down from your floor fuel tank. This course is designed to protect the motor against contamination that has settled to the bottom of the fuel tank. Therefore, you might never acknowledge that you have a problem of contamination of the fuel until the fuel is agitated in some way - like when you are in your whitewater trawler.

Moisture can enter the fuel tanks trawler in several ways - by condensation of humid outdoor air during transportation from refineries and distributors, by leaking fill pipes and vents or a broken careless handling. Water can cause injector pump corrosion, development of micro-organism and the fuel filter plugging with materials resulting from the growth of microbial corrosion. Fuel your trawler / water separators should be inspected frequently for water and drain if necessary. By freezing the formation of ice winters of the north, in fuels containing water produces the fuel line and serious problems of blocking the filter. Regularly removing water is the most effective way to prevent this problem, however, small amounts of alcohol can be used in emergencies to prevent the fuel filter and freeze-ups.

Diesel fuel filter and exchange the long and costly task of cleaning the storage tanks of diesel fuel have been accepted by the routine maintenance instead of looking for a warning signal for diesel engine failure. components of diesel fuel filter should last several hundred hours or more, and injectors some 15,000 hours. Nevertheless, since diesel fuel is inherently unstable, solids begin to form and accumulate sludge storage tank will eventually clog the fuel filters diesel may ruin your injectors and cause diesel engines smoke.

Stored in fuel tanks of ships for long periods (six months or more) requests for special care. This diesel suffers from multiple problems that affect its quality. The presence of water free of medium for microbiological growth that lead to the formation of slime and acids causing corrosion of metal surfaces such as storage tanks, pumps, injectors, etc. abandoned This layer will trap water mud and become the breeding ground for bacteria, fungi, yeasts and more. This mixture produces toxic acids that compromise the integrity of your storage tank, lines, pumps, fittings and for worse, the diesel engine.

Another crucial factor leading to a deterioration of diesel, is mechanized.