Bay Pelican
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While doing some maintenance work on my wing engine I started it to find that the 16 year old anti-siphon valve had failed. With the engine running salt water was spurting out of the valve showering the engine.
The fix of course was to replace the valve. In luck I was able to find one and swap it out. All is well for now.
While waiting to get to the chandlery and not knowing if an anti-siphon valve could be had on this island I considered alternatives. What I came up with as an alternative was a manual valve that could be closed when the engine was started and opened for a couple of seconds when the engine stopped to break the suction. Basically a brass T in the hose line with a ball valve on the third opening of the T.
Thoughts. Would this have worked barring operator error in forgetting to manually open and close the valve?
The fix of course was to replace the valve. In luck I was able to find one and swap it out. All is well for now.
While waiting to get to the chandlery and not knowing if an anti-siphon valve could be had on this island I considered alternatives. What I came up with as an alternative was a manual valve that could be closed when the engine was started and opened for a couple of seconds when the engine stopped to break the suction. Basically a brass T in the hose line with a ball valve on the third opening of the T.
Thoughts. Would this have worked barring operator error in forgetting to manually open and close the valve?