Hello John: I would suggest that you have a technician look at the tune-up of the engine such as the governor setting and or the injector rack setting. Something is amiss when you have to heat up a Detroit two-stroke diesel engine. There could also be a problem with the fuel draining back at the primary filter back to the tank and a one-way check valve would be required to stop this problem. You can have that installed as it would keep the fuel in the cylinder head for the injectors to get fuel faster to reduce cranking of the engine. This was a problem more with the V-12 Detroit but I installed a lot of them on other Detroit engines when the complaint was hard starting. Even Series 60 Detroits suffered from the same problem.Just some thoughts about what should be done to help you out. PS. How many hours on the engines and were the injectors ever serviced or replaced. That could also be a problem.
Regards Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hitchcock" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 7:37:34 AM Subject: [UnifliteWorld] manually heating a 6-71 Detroit My starboard 6-71 Detroit is difficult to start. I was thinking of heating the engine before cranking either by oil or water. Can anybody tell me where I should plant a heating element and what wattage it should be? Do these engines have glowplugs? I dont see any 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.
