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Old 10-09-2020, 03:11 PM   #1
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City: Port Townsend, WA
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Vessel Model: Cheoy Lee 46 LRC
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Lehman bleed screw question

Thought I'd start a new thread about this issue (leaking bleed screw was the other topic).

I ordered new bleed screws with copper washers from ADC. Turns out they were for the secondary fuel filter bleed screws. Called and spoke to Brian (what a nice guy!) and he said as the bleed screws were iron like the fuel injector housing he's probably only sold 15 of them over they years. Most likely because folks dropped them in the bilge. He suggested getting new copper washers.

Turns out both sets (two each) of injector bleed screws on my engines do NOT have any copper washers. Instead, they have these very thin, soft (aluminum?) washers. See attached image. The guilty leaking bleed screw had one that was virtually gone, which would account for the metal shavings I found at the head of the screw.

So my question is this: Are these soft metal "washers" normal? Methinks I will remove the remains of the faulty/leaking washer and replace with the new copper washer and see how it goes. Just want to know if I'm supposed to have the other washer on there, too.

Brian also told me that the oil level/fill screw on the face of the fuel injector also uses the same copper washers as the bleed screws.
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