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Here, here! That has been my experience. In theory, a good tank has baffles
usually running athwartship with holes in them. When the "professional"
comes to clean the tank and hopefully the fuel, how do they gain access? If
you don't have a large access plate, they have to go in through the fuel
gauge hole, if that's accessible. Then they have little or no access to the
compartment between the baffles. If they go in through the fill hose, all
they get is the fuel - the bottom of the tank where there is likely to be
sludge remains untouched. I believe that the only alternative to having a
large access port is to use a solvent like Soltron and polish the fuel
yourself. In theory the Soltron (I think someone said that Starbrite now
markets Soltron under its name) loosens the sludge and your regular filters
or a bypass filter can catch it.
Ron Rogers
Willard 40 AIRBORNE
Lying Annapolis
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| That's the problem with most so called "professionally" done tank
cleanings.
| Between the lack of access plates and the internal baffles it's very hard
to
| do correctly and you may not know whether it worked till the next time
your in
| a heavy sea.
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