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Lower rpm = longer life
Higher rpm = shorter life The Perkins 4-107 in my sailboat takes less than 10 minutes to bleed. The electric fuel pump between the tank and Raycor filter make it easier to bleed. I leave the pump turned off except for bleeding. As a bonus, if the fuel filter gets clogged, enough to cause the engine rpm to fluctuate, you can turn the elec pump on, and restore adequate fuel pressure. Before replacing a rusted fuel tank, the filter would get clogged and cause problems. When motoring into the wind going out an inlet, I would turn the pump on as insurance. Now with a new tank, I just use it for bleeding. Don't let the feer of bleeding a Perkins influence the choice. "Run it slow, run it long" |
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