I am the Owner of a 2003 Outremer45 with
3gm30 engines .the
boat sat idle for about 18 months before we got it the engines where fired once and awhile by some one looking after it ,they also worked properly during the
inspection and sea trial. They have about 1100 hrs on them. during the
refit we had the
tanks emptied and cleaned and all filters changed and fresh
fuel added .The engines ran well.
After a bouncy trip from Carriacoou to Bequia one
engine quit. The bouncing had dislodged some crap from the tank which clogged the the 10 micron
racor fuel filter. It ran well for 3 hours during a day trip the next day ,but now starts runs for a while and then cuts out as if it is starved for
fuel. I can keep it running by playing the the throttle .with the help of a local
engineer these are the steps we have taken
1 pulled p/u tube in tank
2 checked flow from tank to filter
3 checked flow through
racor filter
4 checked flow to and through and operation of
lift pump
5 checked flow through secondary inline
fuel filter on
engine
6 checked flow to
injector pump
7 bled injector at bleed point
8 checked air intake
all the filters are new and we found no issues right up to the
injector pump.
The
engineer thinks that it must be an issue with the
pump,he did not jump to that conclusion and has no financial interest in it being the pump so please no comments on that as I was with him all the way . I believe something is intermittently blocking the pump and I hope if I keep using the the engine and not allowing it to stall that it may clear other wise it is a big bill .
Does anyone have any other ideas.
WE are in Bequia at the moment so access to the intraweb is spotty so if I don't respond that is why. I know we will get little sympathy given our location
Thanks David
ps if some one had has good luck with a place to get the pump serviced let me know