cyfarkas
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2016
- Messages
- 32
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Sababa
- Vessel Make
- Ocean Alexander Marine Trader
Many good posts as to various air leaks. Here's mine, I hope I'm not repeating. After a almost catastrophic engine shut down ( try transiting a bridge opening with 7 knot current with a quit engine) I traced mine to short pick up tubes. Seems the builders figured to go only half way down the tanks with the pick up tube. To avoid dirt and sludge. Guess they didn't know about good filters. Especially in wavy conditions, the tubes sucked air. Bleeding in an emergency situation is not pleasant. My solution was to replace the pick tubes with longer tubes. Problem solved. To improve even better, I'm planning on an electric pump after the Racor but before the secondary (engine lift pump and secondary filters). Seems simple as available pumps are self priming and can be in- line powering up only when pressure demands. Any low cost suggestions?