Blue Fever
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Hi Gents,I have a 6.5m centre-cab Spearfish i have just recently repowered with a BF 225 what a beautiful engine. Had a fishing trip planned for yesterday to run wide to the shelf distance of 30 nautical miles from port. Pumped 300 litres of fuel at local service station then we launched the boat. We traveled about 1.5 miles to the heads got neary across the bar when i suddenly lost power and alarm sounded then engine cut out. We were not in a good position to be without power so i had to drop anchor. As we waited for a tow and started trouble shooting i bed the Racor and was concerned to see i had just pumped a tank full of dirty fuel.Took the boat straight to the local honda dealer. The engine to this point of time has done 50 hrs. We got about 5 litres of water out of the tank before we started getting good fuel. The mechanic drained the fuel lines and out drained straight water. He has the injectors out and we could see the water has reached them. He will reasemble everything on Monday Can someone who has had a similar experience or with mechanical knowledge give me some advice regarding this matter as i am really concerned about any long term damage this may have caused if any? What steps need to be taken to rectify and could the injectors be damaged and is there a way to check. The other thing i learned that fuel filters are not a fool proof way to stop water getting to the engine. The sensor alarm is in the second filter on engine so by the time the alarm goes off fuel has already reached the injectors and its to late. So unless you are monitoring the Racor water seperating filter constanty there is no protection. Thanks in advance for any advice given. David.
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