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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    Not only did the motor run but it did run a little rough,, once I cleaned it all out and put fresh oil in and put the new boat in the motor sounded completely normal again we'll have to see how that goes now
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    https://gofund.me/a0cd3a03 Trying to raise the $$ to buy a rebuilt pump from the UK. As a disabled vet the pricetag to replace the pump is pretty steep..
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    i added no oil to the engine just to the injector pump
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    On the oil side of the injector pump
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    Thank you for the pictures and the instructions I'm going to continue to look at this thread in case if I need to actually do the swap out Brian didn't think that was necessary yet
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    There is no diesel in the oil it was just in the fuel injection pump
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    Talk to Brian and he felt that because the diesel was making it into the area it prevented the pump from running dry and everything I did to this point is good to go he said just keep an eye on it but he felt I should be fine will you reminded me to check it after 50 hours and I told him does he...
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    Yes it will come or the hole.. it's your overfill hole. I am trying to contact the guy on ebay to see if i can send it in for a reman. Exchange. About ($850,00) BUT i cant find instructions as to HOW to take it off and send it off.. Also, if i sailed like it is AND the fuel did raise the...
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    I have not ran the motor Beyond 1 minute after putting in the new screw and filling it up with oil and Lucas. While under power we were watching for a diesel spray of any kind and we saw nothing and the only place where there was wetness from diesel came from the seep hole if I'm saying the term...
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    No i ran it for a few minutes after I put the new screw in it is the oil leak check hole and how do I upload a picture on here? I do have pictures as well as YouTube video I will post that link here https://youtu.be/Qg9fuP6uGug?si=kjScTNGfI4CXSD27 part 2...
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    The engine ran kinda ugly because it had been sitting for over a year when I bored out the hole and put the new screw in the diesel stopped leaking there was a fresh oil change done to it and over the course of traveling from Kentucky to Mississippi minus the diesel that was leaking it ran fine...
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    Over the course of a 10-hour trip I was dumping about a gallon of diesel out of that area of the fuel pump now that I sealed it all up what happens if the diesel makes it into the oil compartment and what happens if it raises the oil level thank you
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    Lehman 120
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    Diesel in my fuel injection pump

    When I purchased my trawler did not notice that I had a diesel leak when my RPMs were rubbed up pretty good until after I started taking my trip I noticed that wrong boat was put in on the side of the fuel injection pump where you would wait for the oil to come out to know that you had enough...
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    Open for suggestions from experienced sailors

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php/?photo_id=431065546016683Both motors are in perfect order. Just had services. I so the loop on 1 motor as much as i can and limit stating the 2nd. Good point, as far as mechanical I lack a little in that department I could take apart off I could put a part...
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    Open for suggestions from experienced sailors

    I have 3 uncles one in each country and we are all military retired, we all make the same income and they live like kings and i live like a slave ( not really) but the point is i want to see it for myself how they can build 8 bedroom mansions and 100 hectre coffee farms.. So i want to set is i...
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    Open for suggestions from experienced sailors

    Confirmed, closed for a few months.. saved me a long useless trip so ty
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    Open for suggestions from experienced sailors

    Thanks Peter. Yea we are in no hurry it can take all the time it needs as safety is first
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    Open for suggestions from experienced sailors

    Specifically Mexico Colombia and Nicaragua
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    Open for suggestions from experienced sailors

    In the fuel Department the boat has around a thousand mile range
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    Open for suggestions from experienced sailors

    Not sure but my fuel burn is approximately three gallons per hour and that gives me about 5.7 miles per hour if I bring the throttle up the cruising speed which is 1800 RPMs then I burn three and a half gallons an hour and that gets me about 9.3 mph. We never really sell that because we're...
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