[Public-List] Westerbeke20B/JS Transmission

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Since you "disturbed" the fuel system, I'd look for a tiny air leak??

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 3:54 PM, John Johnston via Public-List <
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> Ahoy! Trying to do the right thing I checked the transmission fluid and
> found it didn't even register on the dipstick. I thought I would pump out
> what was in there, and put in fresh. What I pumped out, which was very
> little, looked more like transmission fluid than the 30W engine oil specced
> out by the manual. At any rate, I pumped out what I could and topped off
> with the specced oil. Shifts a bit more smoothly now - BUT - In neutral I
> can bring the revs all the way up, but when in gear I can now get no more
> than 1800 RPM, barely enough to make headway. This problem did not exist
> before - it ran great. That same day I replaced the fuel filter in the
> seperator unit, and cleaned out the bowl. SO… what's up?
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