jhwentworthspam replies:

-The first step is to drop the carb bowl and clean it, especially the jets
and needle and seat. After a couple visits they start looking for a
propane-powered unit.-

Bilge- Is the culprit that ole devil varnish? All our gensets are diesel, so
we have to worry more about bacteria and algae and water..oh my...at least it
gives the 3rds something to do.

Coast Guard regs for us require the emergency diesel genny to be run under
load for 1 hour each week...precisely to find out that it won't work when you
DON'T need it.

IIRC, the lifeboat engines need to be run once a month...ditto.

Propane engines...Lord, Carrier used to make propane engine-driven reefer
compressors back in Magellan's day...they were almost universally loathed as
POS.

-Sometimes you get lucky, try turning the high and low speed jets out a turn,
then turn them back in. Sometimes this will clear an obstruction in the
jet.-jhwentworthspam

Bilge- And sometimes you back the jet out too far and hear it rattle right on
down the intake and fetch up against the valve...

....sorry, couldn't resist the "My Cousin Vinny" quote.


G'luck


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