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• No joy. Engine not starting.
  • try some wd-40 in the intake
  • Are you sure the
  • Open the throttle wide open and crank her hard
  • My Universal M4-30 was acting like your Yanmar
    • No glow on those Yanmars. How the blizzard up your way?
      • So much for that suggestion
        • Yes, icy here now. Snow was heavy. Lucky you!
      • Dave - Got your power back yet?
        • Yes, glad to say. Came back late last evening. How's CT?
          • I thought you had a generator?
            • This may convince me to get one.
              • I never lost power here
                • Is NG quick-connect to code?
                  • There's a valve on the pipe
                    • Interesting. Thx.
  • Starting fluid worked for me on my 4-108
    • That seems to be a consensus I am seeing.
      • If you flood the engine you will know...
        • Well that hasn't happened.
  • If you heard fuel returning to the tank using the squeeze bulb it's getting through the filters
  • Yammy
  • Try this stuff
  • As a self proclaimed king of starting diesels now...
    • Well, it ran wonderfully for 2 years...
      • Any kind of a blockage would starve the engine.
      • Once you get air in the injector pump ...
        • Instead of removing th impeller,
          • Put in a Vacuum guage
        • The Yanmar does have a little-mentioned bleed screw on the HP pump.
          • Most engines do, but it doesn't do any good..
            • Think you can "click" fuel up to that point, though.
              • I've never had any bleeding problems, even running the engine dry of fuel.
  • My 2 cents. It's simple. Keep bleeding until the engine starts, Gene.
    • Got some "diapers" Tom... they work well.
      • Great. And it goes without saying, but I may as well,...