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Detroit Diesel (DD671N) Questions
Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:31:55 +0100, "Steve Lusardi" wrote: I think you should identify symtoms, if you want meaningful help. It's a 1981 Johnson & Towers marine conversion, supposedly rebuilt within the last 1,000 hours or so by the previous owner. My port side engine is taking longer to cold start than it used to, sometimes needing 8 to 12 seconds of cranking. It used to start on the first or second turn even when stone cold, and the starboard engine still does. If it has been run within a day or two it still starts very quickly. There is very little exhaust smoke at startup even when cold, and what little there is goes away quickly. The engine is running well and making full power as far as I can determine. Change the fuel filter, and if that doesn't help, look for a leak in your supply lines. -- "A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3 |
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:59:06 -0600, dazed and confuzzed
wrote: look for a leak in your supply lines. Any advice on how to do that? |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message news On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:59:06 -0600, dazed and confuzzed wrote: look for a leak in your supply lines. Any advice on how to do that? Thinking about it, why not just fire up the hard starting engine then, using a small container of fuel and an acid brush or similar, lightly wet each fitting on the fuel lines from your Racors forward to the last fitting you can get to on the engine. Watch for *suction*. Sort of the opposite of a pressure bubble test for leaks. I don't know if this would work, but it might. Or, talk to someone who, unlike me, knows what he is talking about. :-) It seems logical though that if that engine is otherwise running fine, you are getting your RPMs and you are not producing smoke more than the other engine, that a compression problem due to rings or valves is not likely. Eisboch |
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:50:45 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
It seems logical though that if that engine is otherwise running fine, you are getting your RPMs and you are not producing smoke more than the other engine, that a compression problem due to rings or valves is not likely. That would be the better out come for sure. |
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