Trouble starting engine....

[Parnz62]

8 minutes ago, booke23 said:

Any East west marine boats I've seen have a Barras shanks. It's a Chinese engine marinised by barrus. 

The Barrus shire is a marinised Yanmar engine.....Japanese and more expensive.  

you are right, its a Shanks....

 

[Alan de Enfield]

32 minutes ago, Parnz62 said:

you are right, its a Shanks....

 

 

They called it that because it is 'a bit' unreliable and you spend more time on "shanks's pony" than you do using the engine.

[ditchcrawler]

3 hours ago, john.k said:

Sounds like a "Shanks" is going to be a Chinese copy of some well known engine ......do you know what that is?

Shanks 37RB Leaflet (PDF) - EP Barrus (yumpu.com)

[ditchcrawler]

3 hours ago, john.k said:

Sounds like a "Shanks" is going to be a Chinese copy of some well known engine ......do you know what that is?

Shanks 37RB Leaflet (PDF) - EP Barrus (yumpu.com)

 

shanks_owners_manual__04_build__35_35h__amp__40__pdf__-_ep_barrus.pdf (canallife.co.uk)

[Tony Brooks]

1 hour ago, john.k said:

One point,is its not uncommon to break off a glow plug getting it out ,if its carboned into the head......so dont just give them a big reef,or youll be doin the bizzo to get a broken plug out.

I would suggest it is uncommon ontihe more modern "non-pin" type tops that the Shanks is likely to have, but still its a good idea to  worry them out by successive tightening a little (yes tight a bit first) and then loosen a little and so on. Its the thin pin type plugs that frequently snap the tip ff.