I suspect muck at the bottom of your fuel tank is getting stirred up when you’re bouncing around and that’s clogging either the intake or filter. Have you looked at your fuel filter recently? Andy Masquerade
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Sep 5, 2020, at 14:19, Dean McNeill via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Just brought my new-to-me C&C34 home. My 2009 Yanmar 3YM30 purred like a > kitten in most seas. But this was a 30 hour slog through hell. Decided to > motor-sail a bit in some heavy seas (20-25 kts), engine, at 2500-2800 rpm, > would suddenly lose revs then often quit. Could start up again in a few > moments, but would do it again in 5 minutes or so. Gave up on it until winds > died down and started it up no problem... worked flawlessly for a 2 hour > motor in calm waters after that. Boat was fully serviced in fall and on hard > until 2 weeks ago when I bought and launched it. Has a Racor filter/water > separator and inline fuel filter. I'm wondering if the exhaust being under > water during that point of sail would cause the issue or maybe I should just > change up filters, or was it probably sediment in tank being kicked up and > starving the engine? Thoughts? > > Dean > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
