If you don't care for the smell of diesel , use ATF (the red stuff)
to fill your filters and bowls. Dump what's left from a quart into
your fuel tank. Injectors love it.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_


"Jim Lea" wrote in message
...
Try filling the cup on the racor before you re-install it. That is
all I
have ever had to do for it. Same with the filter on the engine, but
it still
takes some pumping. I know you will probably spill some diesel fuel,
but if
you're careful you should be able to contain it.


"Chris Butler" wrote in message
om...
(Chris Butler) wrote in message
. com...
I just finished winterizing my 2002 1GM10 Yanmar Diesel (that
runs on
a Menger 19' Cat boat) and think there must be a better way of
bleeding the fuel system. For the past three seasons I have
changed
the water seperator and paper filter on the engine at the end of
every
season. Then I begin the huge task of pumping the Raycor water
seperator for the next hour until fuel starts flowing into the
engine.
After that I start pumping the lever on the oil pump (1 hour).
Once I
get fuel into the lines the rest of the bleeding goes very easy.
My
hand afterwards is sore and battered! I have tried cranking the
engine
for short bursts with the compression lever up (this does not
seem to
help). Is there anyway to prime or help this process along the
way?




Thanks for the responses. My issue is that fuel will pump but it
seems
to take forever. I have tried turning the engine to get a point
where
the lever on the oil pump will provide greater range. I 'seem' to
find
that....it still takes forever.

Thanks Chris