Posted by Fargo Rousseau (fargo_r@…>)
We never had any trouble starting our 2GM Yanmar on our F30 in cold weather. Interior temperature was often less than 40 F (outside less than 28 F) when we started early in the morning on a late Fall (post Thanksgiving) trip down from New England…except one time when the cut-off handle was a bit sticky…Would do the usual: Check operation of the cut-off cable, free and up against stop on the high pressure fuel pump when in the handle is in the down position. Fuel filter at tank and on engine newly replaced…and showing no water. Exhaust riser unplugged (recently replaced…with documentation). Throttle cable free and working well…opened to half position on starting. Clean fuel. Good batteries, fully charged, on both, clean and well tightened cable connections…at all points in the circuit.
If the engine is very worn, possibly compression is a bit weak. Our engine was old but magic. Loved it, trusted it.Fargoex F30 #12 from Maine to Bahamas— On Thu, 11/20/08, Herman and Gail Schiller <hschiller2@…> wrote:From: Herman and Gail Schiller <hschiller2@…>Subject: Re: [FreedomOwnersGroup] Diesel EngineTo: FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.comDate: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:23 PM
Bob,
Have you experimented with the throttle control setting? I
find my 2GM starts relatively easily when the “throttle” handle is at
about 2/3rds maximum setting. I crank at this position, and have my
hand on the throttle handle to quickly reduce down to 1000 RPM the
instant the engine fires. BTW this boat is in coastal NC. Herm
At 03:11 PM 11/20/2008, you wrote:
I have a Yanmar 2GM20F on my F-30. It has spent most of its years
in Texas, Mobile, and Florida and now lives in MD. On a warm day
when you push the start button it barely turns one rev and its
already running. However if it is 60 degrees you need to put a
blanket around (usually my little portable heater) it for awhile
before trying to start it. Doesnt anyone have a diesel warm which I
believe is a little more sophisticated then my solution?Bob
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Geoffrey Schultz wrote:
I think that the real issue was storing the boat in the Caribbean for
hurricane season for many years. On the east coast it doesn’t begin
to get as hot as it is in Grenada, Honduras or Guatemala.– Geoff
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<mailto:FreedomOwnersGroup@ yahoogroups. com>FreedomOwnersGroup @
yahoogroups. com, “michel.capel”
<michel.capel@ …> wrote:I’m surprised thatt you have to replace the headliners already after 9
years. As far as my experience goes, the foam backing would last about
15 years before it’s crumbled.
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