DHeckrotte
Guru
Driving happily along at 8+ knots and both engines at about 1850 rpm. Wind ahead @ 15kts +/-. Waves minor, then negligible. (Several days ago, we were rolled hard enough to overturn chairs and scatter stuff.)
Port engine rev'd up then dropped to nothing. Starboard engine failed to notice anything untoward and churned along. Port cranks nicely, with no hint of starting.
I opened the port engine's lift pump output; no fuel when hand pumping. Did not try it when cranking the engine. Both engines' lift pumps are fed through their own Racor 500FG Turbo Filters. Sediment in both bowls. Port engine's bowl drains fluid that looks and smells like fuel. Both Racors are beyond my capability to service (size and arthritis).
Both engine room 12v lights were not operating. Sue managed to fit in there and got both working. See pic.
Serving the Racors require accessibility and the ability to recharge the canister with fresh fuel before reassembling. We've called a guru to lead us (Sue) through it and change the filter elements.
There is over 6" of fuel showing on a dipstick in both tanks. Tanks are about 3' deep and 12" (really? why so far?) below the deck fill. That would be 1/6 of a tank left. Tanks are supposed to be 200 gal. They might slope down towards the stern and may well have bottoms that follow the deadrise of the hull. Fill and measuring point is toward the forward end.
Port engine rev'd up then dropped to nothing. Starboard engine failed to notice anything untoward and churned along. Port cranks nicely, with no hint of starting.
I opened the port engine's lift pump output; no fuel when hand pumping. Did not try it when cranking the engine. Both engines' lift pumps are fed through their own Racor 500FG Turbo Filters. Sediment in both bowls. Port engine's bowl drains fluid that looks and smells like fuel. Both Racors are beyond my capability to service (size and arthritis).
Both engine room 12v lights were not operating. Sue managed to fit in there and got both working. See pic.
Serving the Racors require accessibility and the ability to recharge the canister with fresh fuel before reassembling. We've called a guru to lead us (Sue) through it and change the filter elements.
There is over 6" of fuel showing on a dipstick in both tanks. Tanks are about 3' deep and 12" (really? why so far?) below the deck fill. That would be 1/6 of a tank left. Tanks are supposed to be 200 gal. They might slope down towards the stern and may well have bottoms that follow the deadrise of the hull. Fill and measuring point is toward the forward end.