John: from your description it sounds as though have thought of many things but if it is slow to start and when it does start it smokes, it is a good indication of possible low compression in one or more cylinders and have you had the engine tuned up. This would include the setting of the governor, injector rack, valves and injectors. You also might have an injector that could be sticking and holding the engine into the no fuel position. Check the stop lever on the governor and see if the stop lever is not pulling the engine into the stop position which can affect the start up of the engine. Just some other ideas to look having worked on hundreds of these puppies.
Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hitchcock" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:15:41 AM Subject: Re: [UnifliteWorld] starting problem Just cranks but does not start. I have checked everything...like new fuel filters, air in pipes, bled the system, had the starter motor rewired to 12 volt, replaced all cables with new ones,etc etc When the engine does start it smokes a while first but on higher revs clears up. I was wondering if the compression was perhaps low. Thanks for your help On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Kerry Lebel < [email protected] > wrote: What are the symptoms? Sent from my Crappy BlackBerry From: John Hitchcock < [email protected] > Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:08:16 -0700 To: < [email protected] > ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [UnifliteWorld] starting problem I have a 42 ft uniflite with twin Detroit Diesel engines. I have had starting problems ever since Ive had it. I had the one starter checked and ir proved to be wired as a 24 volt and not as a12 volt as my system is. Still no luck but now I am wondering if it was not supposed to be 24 volt. But hoe can the starter motors be @4 volt and the rest of the system be !2 volt? I have to say that the port engine starts pretty well. Can anybody advise? Thanks John -- 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 . -- 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 . -- 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. -- 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.
