A friend of mine had a similar issue. He changed all the filters and cleaned the fuel. He checked out the fuel pumps. Turned out was none of the above, just a loose fuel line that was letting air in. So check all you connections on the fuel line from take to engine. Jerry J&J 27V J&J
-----Original Message----- From: Edd Schillay via CnC-List <[email protected]> To: cnc-list <[email protected]> Cc: Edd Schillay <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2015 12:56 pm Subject: Re: Stus-List Diesel issues 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 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 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] On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List <[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 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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