Bob, did he check to see if the exhaust was unobstructed?
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 5:28 pm Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Lehman 135 He got one cylinder to fire once. I showed him your email and he went off to check those items. Personally from what I’ve observed I think he has to be more aggressive with his cranking duration. There is fuel to all 6 fuel lines where they enter the block so I think cranking the hell out of it would clear the injectors. Bob From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Lehman 135 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bob, Lehman 135 and is having problems getting it started. But does it start ???? if eventually.... is it a start die scenario ? more details ! ! ! He replaced the fuel pump and has bled the system all the way to the last fitting before it enters the head. What prompted this person to change this ...Mechanical I am assuming...fuel pump ? It looks to me to actually pull an injector the valve cover must come off. Correct But stay away....see your next statement..its not an injector nor anything on the high pressure side of the system in all likely hood. He traveled down the ICW from SC and shut down about a month ago and it was running fine. Anyone have any insight into tricks with this engine? This is why I have to know whether it tried to start...if it did not I would now mechanically make sure that his kill lever has been released long before I would start looking at fuel problems. Its a shame that this party started opening lines up all things considered....he said it ran fine, now he could have built a problem in. The second mechanical thing I would look at would be his transmission controls....are you in neutral ? I have seen people using an upper station with a boat that actually has the neutral in a slightly off position as compared to the lower station....slowing down the engine crank due to load gives starting problems....never mind at the moment what that does to transmissions.. Have also seen people with alternator controls for high output that have them "on" and the engine cannot build sufficient rpm to start. If it started to run and then died off I would bleed all of the "fuel" off of the engine, and primary filter, looking for h2o that was picked up. Do not overlook a shut off valve seal leaking (air)...or a fuel tank vent clogged. Then I'd be putting a clear piece of tubing just ahead of the mechanical fuel pump and looking for air bubbles. But considering that this "person" says it was running fine when shut off" and hopefully has not built in additional headaches....Carl Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. _______________________________________________ iveaboard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] o adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard o subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] he archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com
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