Edd, It's normal for dark smoke (unburned fuel) to exhaust if it takes longer to fire. Do you have glow plugs on your Universal like on mine? You may just need more glow plug time?
Universal recommends, "Turn key on to energize electric fuel pump, shifter in neutral, thottle 1/3rd, hold the glow plug button for 30 to 60 seconds, depending on outside temperature. Continue to hold glow plug button while pressing start button to crank engine. Release both when engine starts." Simple to check glow plugs: Before starting, with engine cold, open the compartment so you can feel the engine, locate your glow plugs follow the wire to each cylinder, feel the temperature of the engine cylinder heads. Back in cockpit, turn on switch and hold the glow plug button for a minute without pushing the start button. Then go below and feel the cylinder heads and you should feel a warm area near each glow plug. If anyone is colder than the others; bad connection or bad plug. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edd Schillay via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "cnc-list Cnc-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: "Edd Schillay" <e...@schillay.com> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 6:07:34 PM Subject: Stus-List Darker Smoke, Harder to Start Listers, I find I'm having a harder time getting the engine started and seeing a little bit of darker smoke when it does turn over, as compared to last season. Once running, everything seems fine -- temperature, water flow, revolutions, etc. Any ideas or suggestions? Usually, my solution to engine problems is "get the jib out." All the best, Edd ------------------------------- Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-B C&C 37+ | City Island, NY www.StarshipSailing.com ------------------------------- 914.332.4400 | Office 914.774.9767 | Mobile ------------------------------- Sent via iPhone 6 iPhone. iTypos. iApologize _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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