I had a similar problem last year on my Perkins 4-108. It was a dirty primary filter; now have a vacuum guage on the Racor to monitor flow.
To check for air in the system, put the end of the fuel return-to-tank line in a jar of fuel and look for bubbles. If none, that's likely not the problem. Alan Alan Lewis "Victoria" Gulfstar 41 #160 Lying Kittery, ME K1ALL > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:40:42 -0500 > From: follybeachg...@gmail.com > To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com > Subject: [Liveaboard] looking for tough engine diagnosis problem (and > solution) > > Looking for a touch engine diagnosis problem and the solution for a > story I'm writing.... Ideally something not obvious, that might have > symptoms like: > 1) runs fine for a while > 2) then misses or surges > 3) quits > > Nothing easy - e.g. not (routine) filter problem, not bad gas/diesel. > > thanks! > jim > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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