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Chief Engineer

You might have hit the problem on your first post. Am focusing on the o-ring on the drain. Found a regular round rubber o-ring in the POs spares but the old one on the Racor was a flat ring, more like a fat washer than an o-ring. Not sure if the spare i found was the right part even though it fit.

Do not suspect a cracked pickup since everything was working fine (except for dirity diesel) before I changed filters.

John A

Rule #1 - Amen to that. Since it seems I will have the #$#!@$/!!! thing apart yet again I'll look at the cone in the bowl. Definitely had some serious crude in the system.

mesquaukee

Thanks for two good suggestions. I was thinking about moving the Racor anyway since it is a far, barely accessable corner of the engine space. It would be pretty easy to put it behind the pump when I do so. A really hot system is to have dual, parallel filters and just switch to the second if you're in a tight spot and need motor fast. I like the squeeze bulb thing too. Not sure if having an empty line back to the fuel tank is exacerbating the problem but if I could fill the lines it would eliminate that question.


Again thanks to all. I finally gave up and called it a day. Took the dinghy to town, went to a nice Italian restaurant and had two gin and tonics. After all day soaked in diesel I figured I earned it.