OBXSkipper
Veteran Member
I'm very grateful for this forum, it's great to go to a place where there is such a large body of knowledge, experience and opinion. I have searched so many threads and posts my head is about spinning. I have a Lehman 120 in my boat and from everything I have read there is a very small amount of fuel flow and very little return. When looking at a large filter say a Racor 900 that has a turbine to help separate contaminants, does that little turbine actually get enough flow to be effective ? More to the point can I use a bigger filter unit and still get good water separation? For example the Racor Turbine Series has a small unit (FG500) and much a bigger one (FG1000). The FG 1000 filter element is only marginally more expensive, but has a lot more surface area, so should last longer. However when filtering diesel for an engine that only burns
2-3 gallons an hour will the increased diameter of the turbine part make for slow spinning fuel and negatively affect the water separation? Thanks
2-3 gallons an hour will the increased diameter of the turbine part make for slow spinning fuel and negatively affect the water separation? Thanks