How about the little tiny filter at the end of the pick-up line in the tank. Had that one happen and at the time didn't even know there was a small filter at the end of that puppy! And, of course, been there done that...
Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V -----Original Message----- From: jim sims Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 11:13 PM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] looking for tough engine diagnosis problem (andsolution) Hmmm, that's a *juicy* one. Hopefully everyone is benefiting - best way to learn is from *others* experience - especially when it is excruciating ;-) Opening up the problem space a bit - ignore the original symptom list. What is the toughest (engine) diagnosis (and solution) you've had to deal with? Thanks a million! capn jim On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Jaye Eldridge <jaye.eldri...@gmail.com> wrote: > We had a very similar problem on Arione last year. Thought it was a > fuel line - a pinhole or something letting air into the line. Since > the lines were rock hard and old enough to drink, had them all > replaced in San Jose Del Cabo at not small expense. Problem persisted. > A mechanic in La Paz (who spoke not a word of English, and our Spanish > was rather, um, limited, at that point) traced it a a dying solenoid - > it was slowly closing as it died - not every time, not in a consistent > manner, but definitely dying. The guy was one of those people where > watching him work made it clear that he was a freaking mechanical > genius - he very methodically traced the problem back to the source. > He replaced the solenoid and we've been good to go ever since. worth > checking. Could also be a problem with the solenoid getting current, > which he also checked. Lines are the most obvious thing to check, but > if there's nothing obviously wrong with them, I'd investigate other > possibilities before you do what we did (replacement). > > > If anyone finds themself in La Paz, Mario, at Marina Palmira, who's > become our mechanic of choice, is a great guy and really knows his > stuff. You do need to speak at least a little Spanish, though. > > > On Jul 10, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Ben Okopnik wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 06:40:42PM -0500, jim sims wrote: >>> Looking for a touch engine diagnosis problem and the solution for a >>> story I'm writing.... Ideally something not obvious, that might have >>> symptoms like: >>> 1) runs fine for a while >>> 2) then misses or surges >>> 3) quits >> >> Agree with Lee: air leak on the suction side of the low-pressure >> mechanical fuel pump (gets worse as the engine-mounted beastie heats >> up, >> "cures" itself when the engine is cold.) 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