I had this happen on my previous boat with a Yanmar and I suspect I know why. I think the problem was getting air in the fuel lines as the pickup was sometimes not in the diesel as the boat bounced around when the tank is not full. There was no electric fuel pump so you had to manually bleed the system to get the air out. One thing I really like about the Universal with the electric fuel pump in my current boat is those air bubbles will be purged by the system if the fuel pump is left on with the engine not running. Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On Sep 28, 2021, at 8:47 AM, Matthew via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Is your friend certain of the cause? My Westerbeke also does not like to > start after bouncing around in the big waves (especially following a > knock-down). My diesel mechanic (Andy H) has been thinking about the cause > for years. It is not a clogged filter problem in our case. Fortunately, I > have always been able to get it started, but it takes a lot of turning over. > Good thing I have sufficient battery reserve. > > From: Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 5:44 PM > To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com <mailto:colt...@gmail.com>> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Fuel pump > > This is the second boat I have sprung for that double Racor. > A friend of mine finished up a race in Buffalo with a 30Kt West wind and his > engine wouldn’t start. He had a hell of a time getting in out of the waves > without something bad happening. After hearing his story, (Clogged filter, > of course) I thought, I don’t want that to happen to me – and I replaced > mine. Engine starts to stutter, check the gauge, and flip the handle to the > clean filter and keep on going. > > > Bill Coleman > Entrada, Erie, PA > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
