If the fuel doesn't pump as David suggested, you might have to turn the engine a little. Release the compression levers, and turn the engine a little by hand.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk iiio Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 2:07 PM, David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi doug- It has been a while, but I think I remember that problem. On my > old boat’s 3GM the lift pump on the side of the engine was challenging. > There was a screw on top to loosen and a small lever oriented vertically > that manually pumped it. The hard part was that you had to really pull > hard on the lever to actually pump fuel and eventually, pumping would get > fuel out of the loose screw. The first few times I did it, I moved it up > and down and nothing happened until I gave it more force on the upswing. > Once you have fuel there, you can bleed at the injectors. That should be > as simple as pulling the release levers and cranking the engine. I rarely > had to actually loosen the injectors themselves. Dave > > On Aug 6, 2017, at 4:01 PM, svpegasus38 via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > A friend in the club has a LF38 with a 3gm yanmar. Ran it out of fuel, now > can't get it bled. We have fuel to the last chance fuel filter, but I can't > find the bleed screw on the injector pump. Have tried to bleed the injector > lines at the injectors to no avail. > Anybody familiar with this we would love to hear. > Thanks in advance. > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > Doug Mountjoy > POYC > Pegasus > Lf38 > Rebecca Leah > LF39 > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=cW-v2CDoJcdxecCuxQnVsPDOfEIGeWZDpPaY-dMRsnc&s=wQryllhmeIgFBo1RLpEWe2GEkdJVboDbcsSuUqO4n3Y&e=> > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > > Dr. David Knecht > Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology > University of Connecticut > 91 N. Eagleville Rd. > Storrs, CT 06269-3125 > 860-486-2200 > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www. > paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN > 0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=cW- > v2CDoJcdxecCuxQnVsPDOfEIGeWZDpPaY-dMRsnc&s=wQryllhmeIgFBo1RLpEWe2GEkdJVbo > DbcsSuUqO4n3Y&e= > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR
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