Two On A Big Ocean The Story of the First Circumnavigation
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RE: [worldcruising] Re: Diesel problems


Subject: RE: [worldcruising] Re: Diesel problems
flats@XXX.XXX
Date: Sat Aug 11 2001 - 17:47:15 EDT


Where exactly did you place the new squeez bulbs
cause I want to do it to?????

> 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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