Bryan wrote:
Buy a Westerbeke, they are self bleeding and work great when you run all the
fuel out of the port wing.

Ooops, hey honey would you change too the aft tank?

Thanks honey, click click click, rumble rumble.

"Jere Lull" wrote in message
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Gogarty wrote:

Now, why can't boat diesel engines be set up like that? I live in terror
of the boat engine sucking air becaise it will stop and bleeding the
system in a seaway or even at the dock is an exercize in contortion and I
don't pretzileize so well anymore.

Simplicity, probably.

Personally, I can prime our Yanmar in a few minutes now. It all came
together when I realized the pumping happened when the lever was
released, which is counter-intuitive. Of course, we're blessed by a
designer who arranged the engine room so I need only open one of the
doors. See http://members.dca.net/jerelull/Xan-ER.html and drool over
our access.

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I actually had this happen to me with my Yanmar 2GM because my fuel
guage does not work in spite of numerous fixes. Fortunately, I also
have installed an electric fuel pump in series with the mechanical fuel
pump and it pressurizes the system when the key is turned. I do have
to go below and open the two bleeder screws but that is fairly easy.
Before doing this, I did set the sails and auto-pilot so she wouldnt
roll so much. Otherwise I'd have gotten seasick screwing around the
engine compartment.

Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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