bleed ing a peninsular

[tomcat rio]

pulled the top off the racor just to check the filter. the filter looked okay to me. i filled the filter housing and replaced the element. cranked a bit and it started. but only for 2 minutes... i only seem to have one filter, the racor. is there another one hiding somewhere?
i hesitate to rank it too much because i don't want to overstress the starter.
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anyway, it won't start now.i will try the procedure posted by doug sea.
if i have to open the injetor lines, i have a remote starter switch rigged which should make that a little easier.
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i did get my reversible oil drain/filler pump installed. that seems to be fine.
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daily yuck follows;
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[DougSea]

Hey Tomcat,

My on-engine filter is located on the front, right side of the engine (aft, port corner on the boat)

Here's an overview shot, the engine mounted fuel filter is the orange item on the engine near the Racor:



And here's a closer shot of the filter, it's a Fram P3711:



Mine's a 1997, your's could be in a different spot. Good luck!

[tomcat rio]

looks like my fault as i neglected to shut the fuel shut off valves. my 2006 peninsular is not a gm diesel, but this one:
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http://www.amgeneral.com/vehicles_gep.php
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i have two fuel pumps, one electric which i don't seem to need. the mech said to run the electric pump for 5 min prior to a start attempt. tried that, no help.
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just curious, where is your raw water pump located? mine has very limited clearance. is that a proplem with the gm engine also?
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to provide clearance for the pump, the shop slid the engine foward about 3" and did some glass work:
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[tomcat rio]

turns out i wasn't seating the cover for the racor filter/water separator properly and it was sucking in air. fixed that and it started right up. which leads me to believe that, although there was air in the fuel lines, a 'bleed procedure' doesn't seem to be necessary. just make sure the system is properly sealed.(2006 peninsular 310 turbo)
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next project is to remove the bow sprit and drill it for a horizon 700 windlass....
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Shore Duty...

An old Sailor and an old Marine were sitting at the VFW arguing about who'd had the tougher career.

"I did 30 years in the Corps," the Marine declared proudly, "and fought in three of my country's wars. Fresh out of boot camp, I hit the beach at Okinawa, clawed my way up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took out an entire enemy machine gun nest with a single grenade. As a sergeant, I fought in Korea alongside General MacArthur. We pushed back the enemy inch by bloody inch, all the way up to the Chinese border, always under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire. Finally, as a Gunny Sergeant, I did three consecutive combat tours in Vietnam. We humped through the mud and razor grass for 14 hours a day, plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking under sniper fire all day, and mortar fire all night. In a firefight, we'd fire until our arms ached and our guns were empty, then we'd charge the enemy with bayonets!"

"Ah," said the Sailor with a dismissive wave of his hand, "lucky bastard! All shore duty, huh?"

[Mariner]

Tomcat,

I know that this was true of our last boat (Volvo TAM41D). You simply had to crank it a bunch and it bled the system by itself. Once it got the air out of the lines it purred like a kitten.