Thanks Joel - tried that today but no dice. Something for spring I guess.
Pretty happy with the rest of the setup anyway. Thinking about a maretron wind
inst. now... software is too cool not to have one!
Dave
Message: 7
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:35:39 -0400
From: Joel Aronson
To: "cnc-list
My 3JH2E starts easily at idle. I didn't know about adjusting the throttle to
start.
Al Liles
SV Elendil
1994 37/40+
> On Oct 9, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
> wrote:
>
> +1 on that (same here)
>
> Marek
> Perkins Perama M-20
> 1994 C270 ”Legato”
> Ottawa, ON
>
>
>
+1 on that (same here)
Marek
Perkins Perama M-20
1994 C270 ”Legato”
Ottawa, ON
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When I replaced my injector pump, and after extensive bleeding. The engine
was extremely difficult to start. The throttle cable was disconnected. Hooked
it up. Moved throttle to 3/4 open. Started almost instantly. I always start at
between 1/2 and 3/4 throttle, then pull it bact to idl
Interesting – I have always put throttle a tad above slow idle and starts just
fine
John and Maryann
Legacy III
1982 C&C 34
Noank, CT
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This may be basic, but are you folks giving it 3/4 to full throttle when you
crank, as suggested by the Yanmar manual? After it starts, you immediately pull
back to idle to let the oil circulate.
When I got my first diesel-powered sailboat with a diesel. I didn’t know to do
this and sometimes h
I have/had a similar issue. 3GM30 Left 1 week or longer it was hard to
start. When it did finally start it first started to fire on 1 or 2
cylinders. Lots of black smoke etc after. Then runs smooth. The less days
between starts easier starts. Even 1 day would be an instant start. On Oct
5 and the t
