Let's see; I once used fuel from my forward tank (50gal) and returned to my large saddle tanks. It took about 30 minutes to drain the forward tank and starve both engines. lesson #1
Worse that that - I accidently opened the forward tank return line with my foot in the engine room. The tank was full so it quickly overflowed - IN THE LOCKS!. Fortunately I caught it right away. Still that could have been a fine. I have only done each once- proving that I can still learn. On Apr 12, 6:15 am, Monty Montaine <[email protected]> wrote: > I have done the same thing, learning the hard way...I use my centre fuel tank > solely for my gen set..to use the centre tank I have to open and turn off the > appropriate valves in the engine room, I have to make sure I have the cross > over valve open for when I use the centre tank only. > I have a 42 dcmy 1979. > Monty. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Bob S > Sent: April-09-10 8:53 AM > To: UnifliteWorld > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: a picture for you > > Cpt Perry, > > I have 4 pulls on my diesel 42' and they correspond to the main fuel > feeds from 4 different fuel tanks.(Port, Stb, Aft, and Fwd) > I can use them to either shut off all fuel to the engines if needed > (never so far) or to determine which fuel tank I will use to feed the > engines. I have separate return valves as well allowing me to move > fuel around. That's the good part. The difficult part is the spaghetti > of a fuel system and valves below. If not set correctly I can drain or > overfill a tank very quickly. > > I learned the latter the hard way................... > > On Apr 6, 7:24 pm, "Perry & Cindi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > The emergency air intake would only have 2 handles if manual or two switches > > if it was solenoid activated. He has 3 handles one for each fuel tank, again > > I believe that is an emergency fuel shut offs which has nothing to do with > > the fuel manifold valves to manage your tanks for fuel distribution. > > That's all folks, > > Capt Perry > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > > On Behalf Of Den > > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 4:10 AM > > To: UnifliteWorld > > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: a picture for you > > > Certainly look like ESD to me. But 3??? > > > Manual Emergency Shut Down, Cables go to the blowers, and snap a plate > > over the intake. Supposed to stop the engine if running away, but the > > engine could keep running on its crankcase oil if super high rpm. I > > am trying to remember what the solenoid does. Hmmm I think the same > > thing. You have to jump down into the engine-room to reset this. > > Yes there is a plumbers nightmare on the back bulkhead, because > > you must valve both supply, and return routes. If done by a single > > valve, it must be pretty fancy. > > > I picked up one of these on eBay for looking' where I don't fit or > > ain't supposed to be. It works like a champ if you get a USB > > extension, and have someone run the laptop. > > > " USB digital microscope,video endoscope,webcam,magnifier " > > > den 48YF EAGLE densnet.net > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "UnifliteWorld" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
