Charlie,
I would agree with the group — a clogged fuel filter. But check the air filter
as well.
Since it’s a Beta, you can also contact Beta US’s Farron Peffer who seems to
know everything about anything about diesels. He’s at Beta NC.
http://www.betamarinenc.com <http://www.betamarinenc.com/>
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise (Still on the hard, awaiting a new shaft — should be today)
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
> On Jul 20, 2015, at 12:51 PM, dwight veinot via CnC-List
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> that would be my guess too... a clogged fuel filter
>
> Dwight Veinot
> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> On the way to and from our racing area, my Beta-25 with only 390 hours on it
> was running fine and then it dies.
>
> It started up right away, ran for a few minutes then died again.
>
> We sailed out of the channel for about 10 minutes, started it up again with
> no problems and it ran for 20-30 minutes before
> I shut it down for the race.
>
> On the way back we motored around loafing at about 4 knots for 30 minutes as
> we headed for the channel back to the slip.
>
> Halfway in it died again. I used the electric fuel pump to be sure it was
> 'primed' and it started right up and then quit again after about
> 30 seconds.
>
> By then, we were close enough to the slip to sail in--kept the main up for
> just such an event--which we did without issues (a competent crew
> of 6 can do that!).
>
> Ran it in the slip at full throttle and it died again after about 3 minutes.
> Started tight up, ran again at full throttle and it died again.
>
> Fuel tank is only 3 hours into a full tank (48 gallons) and the pick-up tube
> was replaced last year to go further down into the tank so neither
> the fuel level or pick-up tube level can be issues. I also added some
> Stan-dyne (?) when I last filled the tank earlier this year.
>
> The Neuse River was almost flat since we had only a 5 knot breeze so I doubt
> that it was 'stirred up' crud from the tank.
>
> Haven't replaced the fuel filter between the tank and the engine or the
> engine mounted one this season (did it last year) so that is my first chore
> since IMHO it looks like a fuel issue or an air in the fuel line issue.
>
> I also will check all the clamps that are used to seal the fuel line from the
> tank to the engine.
>
> Does the list have any other suggestions/ideas besides what I listed?
>
> TIA,
>
> Charlie Nelson
> Water Phantom
> 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
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