REPAIRS ON OUR BOATS

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Great...That's why I like these sites, as a newby, I can use all the help I can get. Thanks for sharing

[zeehag]

te4rry---injecting epoxy into spaces is not as formidable as it seems--i am doing tha twith this entire formosa so she will have no more deck leaks--i am only in the beginning stages. if there is a space that needs to be filled, there are ways to fill those spaces--smallest ones just use filler or sawdust if it is a wood area... ---there are sometimes needs for wedges and backing for the epoxy to adhere to so the spaces are not open even after the epoxy work---that is very very frustrating. i even used a broken chjopstick for filling aspace in an emergent situation when a bolt broke .....works well......gooodluck.

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Yippy the engine works. I let it run for 45 min., and then again 2
hours later for half hour

The FUEL DOCTOR, YES THATS HIS NAME...said never use BIO BOR ...as
that's what makes the black Gunk form,...go figure after so many told
me to get it. He used some other product built into his set up. Now
my boat smells of Fuel...I use a soda rinse on wood, and Frebreze sp
that helps.

He would not touch the engine to start it...when I tried it would not
stay on...so he left.

So I bleed the engine from my notes, and a guy at the start button
starting and stopping as the fuel squirted out.....I think I got the
process down pretty good....amyway it started right up.

I plan to replace the Napa filter after the first sail.

Other F30 sailors...has anyone cut a portion of that aft cushion off?
That is a beast dealing with that cushion...I plan to cut mine, maybe
in half...so will fit together into one cushion.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all

Lola f30 1987

[Christine Popadentschuk]

You shouldn`t need to bleed your engine. Unless it is really old out of the fifties maybe sixties. After that all engines bleed automaticly.
Just give full trottle and start the engine, it may take some time, but that thing will start up, belive me. On low rpm a diesel engine uses nearly no fuel, thats why it is a good idea to reef up the rpm two or three times after startup.

One point of no go to this is wrong installation. All diesel engines have a return line to the tank. Gas engines don`t neccesarily. Older boats may h've had an Atomic4 engine or the like, kept the tank and the return line goes into the fuel filter. Thats where the air is going back into the engine... No fun with a setup like that.

The injection pump has a return line and each injector too. the metal lines bring the fuel to the injectors, the small flimsy plastic tubes going from one injector to the next are the return lines. They are joined with the one from the pump and then go to the tank. and hopefully not to the filter.

Chistine

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Pictures of the nut one loosens to expose a tiny hole where fuel squirts out...I marked mine with white out...you will see some of the white out on my finger...wiped it on w finger.,,oops

This is when you bleed the engin

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Baby diapers work great

[clare]

Diesel fuel is commonly found to be contaminated at the marina where you buy it. And it grows its own contaminants. One can get a filter to use when fueling the boat, but it takes longer to fill the tank. Ours gets its fuel in 5 gallon cans from the diesel pump at a busy gas station. We've as yet had no contamination problems, but the boat is only two years old, so we'll see.
Here's the address of an interesting article on fuel contamination
http://www.filtercouncil.org/techdata/tsbs/95-1R1.pdf
For the fuel gauge problem, I suggest that if possible you use a small dowel to insert through the filler nozzle to the bottom of the tank. It will show you how many inches of fuel you have. On a day when you've been motoring for a couple of hours, measure fuel depth before and after motoring. Then calculate inches of fuel per hour.
The failure rate on sticks is much lower than on fuel gauges.
Clare

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Hey thanks...Turns out my Fuel gauge works now the fuel man cleaned it up, and said it is installed upside down..he tried to install it proper . but could not...so it reads upside down...and I can read it ok like that...the F is upside down at bottom, for example...thanks again for the info

[Melissa Renee]

Lola
First of all don't use Baby diapers under the engine. They make special diapers to trap and eat the fuel and oil. One can find these for free at most marina gas stations. Also carry a dozen in your spare kit encase of any future spill and when you change oil and fuel filters. The special diapers do NOT soak up water and let it pass thru to the billige without any contaminates. It is also a requirement by the Coast Guard. Regular baby diapers soak up water and any contaminantes which can leak down into the bilge area and than overboard which is a big NO NO. This can result in a big fine if caught.
Second,, I fully disagree with your Fuel Doc on adding Bio agent to the diesel tank. After 20 year plus that is the first time I have ever heard that one. It helps prevent bugs that can grow in our tanks especially after they sit for a long time for which in sailboats they do. Any mechanic that is knowledgeable with agree with me. The black slug your Fuel doc is referring to is either very bad diesel fuel or fuel that has sat for an extremely long time. Therefore why we polish our fuel.
Third. If one is only changing the fuel filter - the bolt you are referring to is the one to take out any air that is trapped into the fuel filter container ONLY. After placing the new fuel filter, in both the primary and/or the secondary, fill the bowl up first with diesel fuel first before screwing the new fuel filter assembly back in place. Bleed the air out of the filter with the nut you show in your pictures. However, if for some reason air got into the fuel injector lines this nut will not bleed the engine. You will have to bleed out each injector starting from the lowest to the highest fuel injector by loosening the nut at the end of the injector one at a time until only fuel is squirting out. If the fuel injector pump has a bleed nut, some manufactures do, some don't - start here before bleeding the fuel injectors. This is just a brief over view of the process. Each engine is different. It is soo important to learn how to do this on your engine. #1 in my book. Also #1 in my book is getting an electric secondary fuel pump to bleed the engine and act as a backup in case your primary fuel pump breaks. This pump is usually put in before the Rancor fuel filter. Napa auto stores has a few for very reasonable prices.
Hope this clarifies a few things
Melissa Renee
Crazy Woman Boat Driver

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Thank you Melissa...Yes I understand, and I don't leave the baby diapers in place...they are for spills when I do the 4 point bleeding process...I do all you mentioned..I use the Marina diapers..I next am getting the secondary Yanmar filters...I quite know how to do the bleed from 4 points and where to start....I have a good engine teacher a sailor at our Marina.

I really appreciate all the advice from all my friends on this site....I did not put on all my step pictures....I am gaining experience.

I am getting up close and personal; with my engine...I also plan to take a small engine course....Keep giving me advice...I welcome it.