Ok, so I have been down this road and it took me several year to figure it out. If your boat is like mine (35 Mk II), you have a transverse tank under the cockpit. The pickup is on the starboard end. When the tank is about 1/2 full and you heel the boat about 30 degrees to port, the fuel pick up will come out of the fuel, and suck air. My solution was to put in a new pickup tube that was longer and bent in such a way to move the pickup to the center of the tank. With the pickup in the center, the angle of the tank no longer matters. Now screwing in a pickup that is bent is the trick. Contact me off list if you think this is the problem, and I will describe how to solve it.
Gary S/V Expresso '75 C&C 35 Mk II and S/V High Maintenance '90 C&C 37/40 Plus East Greenwich, RI, USA ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Petar Horvatic via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Anyone has an idea why this happened twice in a row. > > > > Two trips to Block island this year and at about the same spot, right > where seas get a little lumpy, and on about half full tank, diesel sucks in > air and dies. First time was pounding into 20-kts (not a good way to > travel), second time with no wind but large confused seas. > > The first time I sailed and dropped a hook before bleeding the injectors. > Second time I added 5 gal jerry can and after bleeding injectors in 6 foot > swell got her started without a problem. Ran fine after that in same > conditions. > > > > I guess I should check to make sure fuel gauge is calibrated, although > I’ve been using it the past 3-4 years. > > > > > > Petar Horvatic > > Sundowner > > 76 C&C 38MkII > > Newport, RI > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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