To prevent this drill I have a valve at the tank for both the suction and return fuel lines. Closing the return line and switching on the electric priming pump puts 7psi in the system from pump to return line valve, then closing the suction line and shutting off the pump and opening the electric pump bypass valve pressurizes the whole system making leaks much easier to find.
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL > DANG! There must be a leak, somewhere. More checking, of every fitting, > again. However, this time, the fuel polisher pressures right up, so it's > not likley to be in the line from the tank. If not there, then down the > line - I find that the one going to the manual pump (the one used to bring > fuel to the pressure pump if the lines are empty) is loose - the fitting > goes around when I twist the hose. That fitting is where I hang the > overflow bottle for the coolant; each restart, I unhook it and pour the cup > or so of coolant which remains back into the heat exchanger. Apparently, > when I checked the fittings before, I didn't rotate so much as wiggle that > fitting, thus overlooking it. Well, DUH! Air's getting into the line, and > regardless of the integrity of the lines before that, air is infiltrating > the fuel as it goes into the engine. > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
