[C320-list] no fuel to motor update....

[Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com]

Pat,

I was hoping folks would suspend the laws of physics for a minute and chuckle---kinda like watching the coyote on a Roadrunner cartoon...
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Regards,
OD

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----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Moriarty [patm at psiurethanes.com]
Sent: 05/23/2007 05:19 AM
To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] no fuel to motor update....

Ok forget Orlando you can't light diesel  with a match until it gets 
to ignition temp which is high. Try it some day with a small can of 
diesel. Do not use a vacuum, the atomized fuel going across the motor 
brushes might blow the thing up or at least make it stink until you 
throw it away. Now take a rag and a small piece of fuel hose and 
stick the hose in the fill hole and stuff the rag around it to seal 
it off. Then seal the vent with another rag or a piece of tape. Now 
just blow into the hose and pressurize the tank to prime the filter. 
If you remembered to open the vent on the Racor this should work in a 
few minutes. You might want to put a Ziplok bag around the filter to 
catch the fuel. Now about running the engine on the hard to winterize 
it. How to you keep the inlet water pump from burning up with no 
water????Might check you pump now.

Pat

#130

At 06:41 PM 5/22/2007, you wrote:
>Ok, blew out the line and heard plenty of gurgling from the fuel 
>tank so it's clear. But...still no fuel. New theory, please advise. 
>The boat is on the hard and I'm thinking that the angle (stern lower 
>than bow so water drains) is just enough to prevent gravity from 
>doing it's job. So tomorrow I will head up again with a vaccum pump 
>and see if I can get the fuel flowing. The interesting thing is that 
>I did run the engine while on the hard to winterize but I suspect it 
>already had been primed and was ok.
>
>   Anybody have any other theorys?
>
>
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