[Public-List] Progress on fuel issue

[Gordon Laco]

I'll know tomorrow.  I'm having the tank sucked out and given a bit of a
flush.  

I won't say too much more until tomorrow but I have hopes that the issue may
be resolved.

G



On 19/08/13 4:53 PM, "Glenn" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

> Woooh, bad fuel.  Makes perfect sense given your symptoms.  Hope that fixes
> it!
> 
> Glenn
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
>> Watery and a bit sweet.  I think I was tasting water and fuel line
>> antifreeze.   It didn't smell gassy at all.
>> 
>> And no, I didn't catch any buzz from it.....
>> 
>> Gord #426 Surprise (who rinsed thoroughly!)
>> 
>> 
>> On 19/08/13 2:46 PM, "Meinhold, Michael J." <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> So what DID it taste like ?????  Diesel, water or something else?
>> 
>> Mike
>> Rinn
>>> Duin #272
>> 
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>> Subject: [Public-List] Progress on fuel issue
>> 
>> Hello friends,
>> 
>> I took a
>>> long lunch just now and made another assault on my perplexing tank
>> #2
>>> issue.
>> 
>> I bought a double male hose barb, and used it to bypass the selector
>>> switch which directs which tank my engine is drawing from.
>> 
>> The engine would
>>> not run on fuel directly drawn from #2.    I reconnected
>> the selector, turned
>>> it to #1 and started the engine.  When it was warmed up, I switched to
>>> #2...as
>>> before after a minute or so the engine died.
>> When the engine died, I noticed
>>> that the fuel filter was full of liquid.
>> The problem isn?t the selector. The
>>> engine ran again once I switched it to #1.
>> 
>> I crawled into the portside
>>> cockpit locker and rechecked the fuel hose looking for twists or kinks,
>>> there
>>> were none.  I removed the fuel hose from the male hose barb on the top of
>>> the
>>> tank (very awkwardly place up high under the deck) and noticed that the hose
>>> was full of fuel a bit splashed on
>> my hands...it didn?t smell like gasoline.
>>> I blew through the hose and
>> naturally got some ?fuel? on my lips..... It
>>> didn?t taste nor smell like gasoline.
>> 
>> So now I?m working on the theory that
>>> the fuel in #2 is degraded or
>> contaminated.    I?ve made an appointment with
>>> the marina to suck out the
>> tank tomorrow morning.   I guess I was kidding
>>> myself when I thought the
>> engine was able to run on the fuel in hose from #2
>>> when I was doing my testing earlier.
>> 
>> I think I may be on to something at
>>> last.
>> 
>> Stand by - 
>> 
>> Gord #426
>>> Surprise
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