I think it's a great bit of kit for boat owners in your situation where removing the tank is not worthwhile. Keeping fuel tanks full helps to limit condensation.

Great news and fingers crossed it has solved the problem. As usual Hank trying to steal the show 😂❤️

Well done! Wish you a good sailing season!

Wow 20k subscribers, congratularions. What took so long. You guys are fun. Cheers.

7:24 I thought you gave us all the bird for a sec! :D

You could make a plywood box to cover the Dipper unit to help reduce the noise level

Hi from Thailand, I was born in Southampton so love seeing the Itchen and like

Wonderful vídeo. Congratulations.

Interesting video, I would love to have had a more through explanation of what the dipper is doing. Also, I also hope that you put a new ball valve after that elbow on the bottom of the tank otherwise it could be trouble later down the line if something leaks and you have no way of stopping the flow.

Hi, cool product. Just fitted something similar myself after watching a few youtubers getting into fuel problems. However, I wet a slightly different route and installed a 40L header tank, this way i fix two problems. First I fitted the water/dirt separator similar to the Dipper, a pump controlled by a level controller to keep the header tank full at all times pumps the fuel from the main tank to the header. The filter I picked uses a 10micron filter and has a water detector alarm. Turns out the Victron GX I fitted some time ago has a level controller built in, lucky. Now the header tank fixes the issue of low levels in the main tank. I once got stuck departing a marina with a low tank as I could not get to the fuel dock. No problem I thought there is still 50 liters left plenty to get home if the wind drops. The wind naturally dropped and we ended up motoring still at 3liter an hour should not be a problem. But something kept nagging me all the way back. On our tank the fuel off-take is to one side and with a bit of a swell there was a chance air could get suck in, and as we were passing the mouth of the Thames this was bound to be the place. Fortunately the wind picked up again as we sailed back, but for a moment there.... Now with a header tank this should not happen.

Brilliant piece of kit, I am seriously considering getting it. I have a tap right at the bottom of my tank which I open to rid some nasties, so I could connect it at that point.

You guys are great and I look forward to the releases of your shows. Let me know when you want to look at the gps stuff

Nice one mate! Good to see you’re well, just subscribed so will keep an eye on your journey. OSS!

Good video - look forward to seeing a long term review...Watch out for that light at the end of the tunnel....I find when working on a boat, more often then not, it is a train...😁

Absolutely love your channel guys, great editing, great story, adventurous, down to earth and living life! I recently discovered the French are changing anchoring laws around there coast due to taking onboard what's happening over in the USA. Get this.. In the USA more and more people are seeking alternative lifestyles and one of them ways is by boating, cheaper living by anchor than over priced housing. Problem being more and more boats are getting beached due to dragging anchor and the boats are being left there. lol The French have now said to anchor further out from the coast and only for 72 hrs. But i think it's fantastic that people are seeking different lifestyles, i backpacked across Europe for two years and came across alternative living in Portugal. Although I've always had a love for sailing boats i spent 6 years studying in China. I just bought myself a little 20ft yacht in the South of England to see if it's still something i have a passion for. Your videos are giving me a some insight for what's to come.. And i can't wait. ; } Fair winds ; }

FINALLY....MORE HANK!! Sheesh only been asking for the last 17 episodes.

Great job, my understanding is that diesel degrades ptfe tape. Worth a check. Keep up the good work.

brilliant machine, always love to see Hank he is a ham, LOL looking forward to seeing out on the seas soon

Curious to how it performs for you throughout the season. Looks substantial. Well done.

A couple of pointers, should not use PTFE tape on diesel systems, diesel eats it and if it drops in the tank it will clog up your cleaner. Also you should have mounted the cleaner on rubber mounts it would cut the noise down even more. The main thing is you could have fitted the elbow or part of straight on the valve as you have no means of shutting off the tank

T’was I passing you /waving at you Dom from the Itchen. Another windy squally one today; hope all three of you are ok!! Regards (Cordialment) Claus.

Good episode dude, BZ

Love you guys

Been thinking about adding a fuel polishing system. Our yacht suffered “the bug” before we bought her. Been using a fuel treatment since we bought her.

u have been coned ,,, the good part is u fixed the problem when u cleaned the tank,,

Well done on the new up grade BUG free

I wonder if you could make the dipper quieter by putting a rubber/sound insulation backing between the unit and engine room bulkhead. Not be down to your wharf since the days when Sadler Yachts were based there, I must be getting old 😊.

Great idea and we should always applaud UK Innovation - hopefully the price will fall as more are produced as £800 seems expensive for the parts involved in the unit. Great idea though given the stats on engine breakdowns

Thanks for posting this and I look forward to the follow up detailed video particularly as I had never hear of the ‘dipper’. I recall when you had the prior trouble, recommending that you would not truly sort out the fuel contamination issue until your tank was cleaned out, while acknowledging the very real practical difficulties in doing so. However with the video view of the tank (what we could see) it looked remarkably clean, so much so I would not consider you have a ‘systemic problem’. In short, what you found is, that you do not really have a dirty tank at all. 😀👍⛵️ One question, was that the tank drain cock you were clearing and using to pump out, or was it the supply line to the fuel filters/pump? If the latter, then it may be prudent to take out the lines and blow them through with an LP air line. (I acknowledge things may have moved on since this was filmed. 😉). I think the option of fitting an additional dip tube into the tank top arrangement for the diesel dipper suction is probably a better long term solution than running without a drain cock on the tank bottom.

Interesting (and pricey) bit of kit. Interested tho...just went to their website. I've had clogged fuel filters once before. Of course just as I was entering a marina. I'd be tempted to mount it with rubber bushings to isolate vibration.

Interesting video. I’d be interested to hear how this is any different to a diy fuel polishing set up. Also be good to have a detailed description of the unit. Is it simply the same as a diy set up but just an off the shelf solution? Thanks guys. Andy UK

Would suggest some anti chafe on the hoses going through the wood wall.

You weren't listening to Hank properly. He was trying to remind you about all the comments. He was saying, "Dad, my adoring public want to see more of me, and more of Mum, and less of your ugly mug talking to the camera." (Yes, I too was rather shocked that he should refer so disrespectfully to your boyish good looks). Glad you got the equipment installed well. The bit of the tank visible through the inspection hatch actually looked clean. Hopefully, any remaining muck tucked away in the corners will soon be flushed out.

3:40 "... the spacer is quite small.." I wish that those who design boats, and all things for that matter, actually had to service that which they design! I have had this same problem. On one of my boats the throttle linkage needed to be renewed. Strangely, there was no access to it. I had to cut a hole in the bulkhead at the aft end of the quarter berth to get to it!!! I ended up making a nice hatch there, but it was annoying. Good luck with your fuel polisher!

Love the challenges of boat life and sailing it's not for the faint hearted hehe

Hi guys good to see another great vlog and I remember when my engine stopped of Brest was a nightmare so anything that helps is great news I regularly use marine 16 great product and helpful guys too ... all the best malc

Back in the late 70's I was testing fuel delivery systems cleaning their fuel systems (tank, lines and all) & replacing fuel filters on VOLVO CARS that had the DIESEL BUG. Final my boss and I agreeded to tell them to STOP sending their cars. I was a mechanic at a Merc.Benz Dealership. BTW, the VOLVOS where from a competitor. The bug is for everyone.

Hi Dom,Carly & Hank of course, glad some have left comments already, re: valve needs to be added back to that elbow, and although diesel is difficult to light with a naked flame as one comment, let's not forget it will not only smoke badly but the chances of electrical shorts and the basic fact of who wants to find that horrible smell is the many gallons leaked into bilges from damaged pipe etc etc basically all tanks, water,oil, petrol,diesel = valve as soon as practical adjacent the tank=standard operating procedure. Re:hoses through bulkhead, yeh anything that's carrying electric,water,oil etc etc = install vibration chafe protection. Re: dipper? Mmmmmmmmm if that's £800 they're having a laugh, that's a £15 universal 12vdc fuel lift diaphragm pump, a mini tank welded from stainless plate, a couple of valves a bit of swagelok tubing and a strainer filter.......but hey for those who don't have the knowledge to build a basic polisher and want to pay that amount I'm sure it will do the job. But I do feel it's a case of put the word boat in front of basic industrial machinery parts and charge a lot for them. But that's not a criticism of the design or the need or the fact it's British made and designed and they have a business to run, but when a basic filter is costing virtually 10-20% of a full engine cost (and there's a heck of a lot complex heavy metal in an engine) then the disparity in cost is blatantly obvious. And if a company reaches out and offers something free who'd not say yes, but be aware that your hard work in building a channel and the need to budget your life is not taken advantage of as a cheap marketing tool for overpriced items, that's not aimed at this dipper in particular but many companies will do that, I know another channel who were given a £35 item, thought it was great (through innocent naivety) promoted it in a blog, it was Tat worth around £3-4................moral of the story? Don't sell yourself short, your channel is building subs well, make sure any recommendations are value for money before passing on, your growth is going to pay dividends in the long run anyway, be wary that all that glitters is not gold. And one last tip, invest in a fuel transfer pump, the manual syphon plunger type or get a cheap £20 12vdc bilge pump with hose in and out connections and pump out that way, it was a painful thought you had that 5L can down in the bilges transferring out 200L not once but twice! (200L into 5L can then into 25L drums ouch) not to mention smelly and drips and spills,,,,,,get a pump just for that job 👍 good effort on the gaskets BTW 👍

As always, fitting new things is such a faff, but all looks very tidy! What volume of fuel does it polish, say every hour? I couldn’t see any more details on the Marine 16 website. Hopefully this will minimise your chances of getting more fuel problems ⛵️👍

Hiya, what did you do with the 200 ltrs of derv you removed? I would have used the dipper on them and evaluate the polished fuel with a view to putting it back in your tank. You know how much the refill cost, but it would validate the dipper too. Great video, a lot of good footage, stay safe, Steve...

Hi, have a look at Patrick Laine's youtube video, episode 20, he made his own fuel scrubber, it's the best solution i've seen yet and really cheap to make. Regards Mark, Lymington.

manual oil or petrol extractor.

Honestly people who's mug do you wantn to see. And who is less boring. Can we see more of the dog. Hehe.

You either need to clean the fuel float guide rod or replace the whole sending unit. Having a faulty fuel level is a bad thing unless you can put a stick in the tank.

Hi. Really interesting bit of kit. I think you said you have two fuel tanks? Does the dipper clean both or is one “less clean” than the other? Apologies if I misunderstood. I am potentially interested in fitting one. Thanks 🙏

They make a pump for this. you can use it on oil too. you will see them in every mechanic shop. they are sold everywhere harbor freight.

Very interesting product. I am new to your channel and LOVE your dog!! Is he a Vizsla? Sure acts like one. Lol. I got my first dog (I’m 58) 3 yrs ago and he is a Vizsla. No one told me just how “energetic” they are! I love him to death, but was wondering how he would fit into my dream for a circumnavigation with all that energy. What is it like having a larger dog on board? How does he handle the passages? What do you do when you two want to go out for dinner or site seeing? How did you house train him on a boat? Where does he do his business? Is boat life hard on such an energetic breed? What is it like checking into different countries with a dog on board? Is it complicated? Does it restrict you at all? Sorry for the off topic questions, but vizslas are not that common, and when I saw you with one, I just had to ask. Dave Orton Daveorton@live.com

Seems to be a system that keeps clean fuel and a clean tank, clean? I was surprised you didn't just attach the bottom tank hose to the ball valve. Losing that ball valve could be an issue.

Tormund!

Aye m8’s, hopefully you just got rid of some annoying stuff by emptying the tanks. How is the gauge working now?

Just a few notes of caution: Although the filtration system you have installed will take circulating contaminants out of the diesel, the dreaded diesel bug is known to clump and stick to the tank walls. Traditional fuel polishing (as done in large vessels) includes pulling the diesel from your tank (usually 1/4 full tank), filtering it and then pushing it at high pressure back through a wand that is used to pressure wash the interior of your tank. This requires an inspection port in your tank to put the wand through. Companies that make filtration systems with a low pressure pump, like the one you have are now calling that fuel polishing, and to be fair it does polish the fuel but does not solve the tank issue that will show up once you're in heavy seas while motoring thus dislodging those naughty clumps into your fuel filter.

Enjoying your episodes, presentation, editing and content etc. This episode not so much as personally am not a fan of this FC - although fingers crossed this dipper thing is worthwhile as it looks like a very fancy tank, water sediment drain........ Looking forward to a 2 and 3 year follow up comments on the Flux Capacitor - oops, I mean Zipper, slipper.. :-)

Hello! could you please tell us how the fuel is 10 months after installing the Diesel Dipper? Thank you

Rubber fuel pipes thru the bulkhead without protection a bit dodgy as they will chafe in time

I ran my kontiki motorhome on vegetable oil for years

I would wire it to run whenever the engine is running . Noisy anyway .

A 12v fuel pump to containers on the dock would have been my route......

How did you not loose any parts or tools in the itchin river. lol

Bomba combustible de membrana y al voltaje de 12 o 24 voltios trabaje la embarcación, y en 2 o 3 horas finalizado

It's a fuel polishing unit

I'm not clear on what this thing actually is. A pump and a filter? Couldn't you just add a pump and manifold to the existing racors?

electricity clips are called wago's

informative video - have taken a slightly different route, but providing the same ability to polish the fuel in the diesel tank. I installed the www.keenanfilters.com duel fuelfilter system, which can both proform the task of a fuel filter, but also has a separate fuel pump which allows me to run diesel through filter and straight back to the tank to polish the fuel. The additional benefit of this setup if the duel filter which over (which can be manual or automatic) in case of fuel issues at critical points when using the engine, the system easily which to second filter allowing engine to continue to operate and the ability to change the other fuel filter which the engine is running ... good luck with the rest of the project.

Interesting. But, diesel systems we regard, at least in my part of Europe, as a 'hydraulic system'. Teflon tape not recommended. In this case because it may interfere with valves/pumps/filters if it comes into the fluid stream. Another thing is that that filters with plastic/glass bowls are not allowed/recommende installed in engine rooms. But appart from that, very good. The 'Marine-16' operates as any other 'diesel polishing system'. But if you recieve a batch of bad diesel, it will be a bit on the light side. The 'Marine-16' should have been fitted with some kind of alarm and/or warning system. Because the 'Marine-16' holding tank don't seem to hold more than around 0,1 litre. If you follow my link below, you will see the result of filling 150 litres of contaminated diesel: baatplassen.no/i/topic/115594-byggingen-av-hulda-p%C3%A5-oppfordring/page/18/ The three five litres botles was recidue after filtration. It was so contaminated it was difficult so see sunlight through the botles. And in the next link, you will find 'My Solution 140'. At the bottom of the page: baatplassen.no/i/topic/115594-byggingen-av-hulda-p%C3%A5-oppfordring/page/24/ In all practial terms the same princip as 'Marine-16'. Where the 0,1 litre container is replaced by a day tank. And the 'alarm' is a vacuum metre. Just be aware, it's a lot of very bad diesel out there :-)

Interesting product, but I feel like if you’re thinking about polishing your fuel this consistently with an actual mechanism, then you’re the kind of boater who uses your boat and doesn’t have an issue with stagnant/dirty fuel (or at least not after you hire someone to do a one-time polish and then use additives). The people who need this product are the ones that neglect their system, which means they’re probably less likely to buy a product for that problem. Also, diesel leaking onto a hot engine isn’t a fire hazard: diesel isn’t that flammable. Try it: put some fuel in a spoon and try to light it with a lighter. It won’t (shouldn’t) go up. Gas IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE (don’t try that trick with Gas).

Isn’t it funny how all yacht jobs need at least two hands to achieve but are always located where you can only ever get one bloody hand in the space

I passed the link to someone & they quickly replied that it was £1000 a pop once set up. So a bit silly on a normal yacht do you not think? All one has to do is drain the tank, clean it & use a filter in the funnel. OK for you, if you got it for free. But would you have really paid a grand for it if you had to pay for it? i suspect not

So the 50K dollar question ---Cost???

We have the same problems with diesel on the UK canals. It is not helped by the fact that diesel is now 7% biodiesel and this attracts water. Apparently the latest answer is HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) which is stable for 10 years and does not attract water. It is also over 90% carbon neutral.

? WHAT WAS THE SKY LIKE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG ?

Make your own polisher, not rocket science....and end up with a spare Racor filter. Of course....no freebee....but will pay for itself as cruising friends realize you made your own system and can assist them with their bug infested tanks.

When engine stops at sea sail it into berth hehe

Simpler to use a Diesel additive. More pipes to fail .

Your videos are almost non existent guys, come on keep the uploads more regular. I used to look for you guys but now I don’t remember you until I see you pop up

This looks like marketing hype for a basic fuel filtering system. Their website doesn‘t give even a grammatically correct description of how the D Dipper works, let alone a technical one. What exactly does a „washable stainless steel filter“ add to the system if the „dipper“ has already extracted the crud, and what exactly is the „dipper“. This looks on a par with the magnetic diesel bug killer that was promoted some years ago, and probably equally as useless.

PTFE tape and diesel don't really mix! The tape will degrade.

i am sorry mate but if my future is going to sailing for my life I would get a hold of a true boat mechanic to re design your tank system so u wouldn't have all that problem and better access to ur tank

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