[Public-List] A-Bomb

[Gordon Laco]

Correction - Pim is a HE, his boat is the HER I was referring to....





On 26/05/10 8:38 AM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> I was helping Pim (new owner of WINDWARD) bring her A4 back to life after a
> long lay-up.  The engine had been very well put away, but a lot of time had
> elapsed.  The engine was cranking strongly, and we had a good spark, but no
> firing.  We cleaned the carb then worked our way upstream along the fuel
> system and found that the filter canister had rusted through, letting air in
> and spoiling the suction of the fuel pump.  We fitted an new clean in-line
> filter and that brought the engine back to life.
> 
> G
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> On 26/05/10 8:21 AM, "Peter Amos" <p.a.amos at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I had a similar problem when I had an Atomic 4 on a previous boat.The filter
>> was being fed by gravity but the diagphram on the manual pump was stretched
>> or
>> perforated and fuel not getting to the carburettor.I fitted a cheap 12v pump
>> from Napa and that solved the problem for me.Pete  ex Tait Tait #478
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