seattleboatguy
Senior Member
I'm looking for some ideas on how to troubleshoot a start-up problem with the 4kw Westerbeke diesel generator in my 1987 Marine Trader. Here are the symptoms:
- Depress preheat switch: no problems.
- Depress engine start switch: generator fires up quickly, generator runs smoothly, needles are solid
- Release preheat switch: temperature and pressure needles vibrate so fast they are a blur, and engine dies within a minute or so
- Engine starts right up if sequence is repeated, and gives the same results.
- Engine seems happy as long as I am holding down preheat switch.
- I have experimented with different time intervals for holding down the preheat switch, but end result is the same.