[Alberg30] Atomic 4 (bomb)

[C.B. Currier]

Tom,

I would reccomend contacting Moyermarine.com c/o don moyer and purchasing
one of their electric fuel pumps.  This is THE most commom tragic failure
on A4's today. The sediment bow in fact should be checked annually. there
is a common failure of the mechanical mechanism that induces the pump
action and mechanical failures have lead to explosions.  Most GOOD marine
surveyors will reccomend an upgrade of the motor if you keep it to an
electric pump. The motor will run better and safer with an oil pressure
kill switch and good safe preformance.


C.B. Currier
Infinity #57
Daybreak #458



> Warning.---- two weeks ago I wrote to this list about the intermittence
> of my  A-4 as I came through the Chicago River.  After many good
> suggestions here, I  pulled the fuel tank and replaced it, found a new
> element for the water  separator and purged the fuel line and cleaned
> out the sediment bowl on the  fuel filter replaced the plugs with the
> hard to find coppers as suggested in  the manual.
>
> The intermittence continued although she idled great. On the test run I
>  pulled several hard turns and the engine spluttered. Back inside the
> engine  again. I studied the engine and found a gas drip that appeared
> to be coming  from the bottom of the sediment bowl on the fuel filter.
> Tried everything,  grease the gasket replace the gasket, ratchet down
> the thumb screw. By luck  on my last pull of the sediment bowl I took
> it outside and filled the bowl  (made of Steel) with gas. It had rotted
> right through the steel and there was  a pin hole in the metal causing
> gasoline to drip into the engine and bilge.  When operating in rough
> weather or in sharp turns the hole would emerge and  suck air.  This
> condition is extremely dangerous and hard to recognize. All  of you
> with the earlier engine, please be aware that the metal can actually
> fail from the water in the fuel line over the years. Thankfully I found
> it  before the inevitable explosion. Be Aware. my hull #222
>
>
> Tom Swift



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