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Subject: RE: [worldcruising] Re: Diesel problems
From: Paul Marcuzzo (paulmar@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Aug 11 2001 - 15:04:34 EDT
Good day folks, well I got our engines going. Seems it was air trapped
somewhere in the lines and filters. Fortunately there was a gentleman
(ex-cruiser) doing some warranty fiberglass work on the boat. He asked me
if I had pumped the bulb to purge the lines. I said "What bulb?" he stuck
his head into the engine compartment and said I didn't have one. The bulb he
was talking about is like the ones on an outboard fuel tank line. So I ran
over and picked one up for each engine. Cut the line and put them in. On
the one engine I discovered putting pressure on the lines with the pump a
little leak around the vacuum gauge. Tightened that up purged the filters
and injector lines. Fired right up and the tach held steady as a rock. The
other engine I just purged and it was up and running fine.
So installing the bulbs worked way better than little hand pump on the
engine block, and I have an emergency manual backup fuel pump if the
mechanical one fails<g>
Thanks for all your suggestions ! Thought I'd pass along the solution !
Fair Winds !
Paul
Speranza - Lagoon 410
Punta Gorda, FL
to dock -
N 26? 53.471'
W 082? 03.515'
to Corona Locker -
N 26? 53.472'
W 082? 03.516'
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