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I had a good look at the diesel system at the weekend, to see how it coped after a bit of sloshing around on the Wash. I was quite pleased with the results - see blog and couple of photos below - of examining fuel from the bottom of the tank, and from the water trap. I'd be interested in any comments people have, in the light of their experiences ... Fuel has been treated with RCR Marine 16 Fuel Complete for the last four years, after a complete polishing job in 2009.
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Hi, So, around midday today my son and I set off from Sherborne Wharf, the plan was to get to Fazeley over this weekend, then pootle the rest of the way to Glascote Thursday evening. Part way through the Farmers bridge locks, my engine started playing up, it was like it had run out of fuel. I know this couldn't be the cause, as I put about 40.00 of redA in last week, in readiness for the trip. Anyhow, just as this time the lock flight was getting really busy with boaters ascending. I was having to pull the boat through. I did get some help from one couple as we passed, thank you. Sorry I didn't get your name, the boat had a Kelvin though. As we had just got into lock 13 and opened the paddles a middle aged asian guy came running down the towpath shouting "Call the police. There's people chasing me. Phone the police" As it happened, I didn't have my phone on me, it was inside, in the rain coat I'd recently removed. I noticed the guy had his phone in his hand, so suggested he call them himself. The guy kept shouting up to the bridges and parapets "why are you after me?" -
So, a few weeks ago after leaving it far too long between engine services and allowing my fuel tank to become far too empty I discovered I had diesel bug. This initially manifested itself when the engine just kind of chug-chugged and stopped while I was charging the batteries. After that it was hard to start, took longer and required more revs than normal but it did run. I pumped all the diesel and gunk out of my tank, gave it a swill around with fresh diesel and pumped that out before having a dose of Marine 16 and 150L of fresh diesel put in and changing both fuel filters. It ran fine for a couple of weeks and then on Tuesday it seemed to happen again, it stuttered to a stop. Like before it was difficult to restart but did start eventually, kept trying to die but provided I gave it enough revs when I heard that starting to happen it would run like normal again. I took off the primary fuel filter assuming that my diesel bug treatment had failed and expecting to find it all gunged up again, that's where things got weird, it was sparkly clean, looked brand new, clearly not blocked with diesel bug. So, I refitted the filter, bled the fuel lines like normal and the engine, so far, has started and run like normal since. Anybody got any idea what's going on here? Is it possible I didn't bleed the fuel lines properly after my diesel bug treatment and there were some bubbles that caused the problem? Is it possible that that would take a week or two to become a problem? Seems odd to me. Any other theories as to what could be doing on here?
