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can be curled around a pool of oil. Tis is particularly
useful for containing spills in areas such as a marina.
Te sausages can also be handy to deal with a really
large leak – they absorb several litres of oil.
BILGE CLEAN
If your engine has a persistent drip, continually using
mats to clean the oil from bilge water becomes a
burden. Luckily, there’s an automated solution. Bilge
Kleen is an inline water/oil flter that’s plumbed into
the bilge pump hose.
All water pumped overboard goes through the flter,
and the manufacturers say it creates no back pressure –
so it won’t slow the bilge pump’s performance.
Bilge Kleen’s flter element will absorb 99.9
percent of all hydrocarbon pollutants – and it cleans
LEFT The pads do a
good job of absorbing
the oil.
RIGHT Easy to install
and replace, this is
a rapid solution to a
clean-up problem.
- Captures 99.9% of all hydrocarbons
- Easy to install in bilge pump discharge hose
- Bilge pump does not experience back pressure
- Two sizes in stock; suitable for boats from 5m to 25m
- All filters meet MARPOL regulations
- Larger sizes available to order
90 Gaunt Street, Westhaven, Auckland
09 309 6317 or 09 309 0048
[email protected]
http://www.generalmarine.co.nz
BilgeKleenTM
SYSTEM