The Digital Mermaid | Ep. 79 - Mast Down, Breakdown! @TheDigitalMermaid | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
This is a long one, folks! This is the second (of four!) breakdowns on the trip home. This one was really tricky to sort out, and we covered pretty much the _entire_ fuel system on the boat. I wanted to share the whole process in the off chance it might help someone else down the road.
In the end, it appears that some gunk clogged the pickup tube, some of it got through the filter and into the Yanmar's fuel pump, blocked it. This built up pressure, and the primer bulb popped. Got my first (and hopefully last, for a loooong time!) tow to a marina.
R&R Charters and Sail School
* randrchartersandsailschool.net
Donovan’s Shady Harbor Marina
* shadyharbormarina.com
2500rpm = 6.7 knots
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - Forward Mast Horse Install
2:41 - Mast Lifted!
5:46 - Preparing to Depart
6:41 - The Health of the Mast
10:37 - The Health of the Mast Step
13:41 - And We’re Off!
17:46 - Breakdown! Pop Goes the Bulb
22:03 - Nope, Still Stuck
24:15 - Bypassing the Primer Bulb
27:27 - Automating a Manual Level
28:43 - Waiting For a Towed… :(
29:37 - Familiar Problems Stop Feeling Like Problems
30:47 - Bleeding While Waiting
32:58 - Donovan’s Shady Harbor ARE AMAZING!
35:05 - Replacing the Priming Bulb
41:35 - Advice From a Friend
43:49 - Clogged Pickup Tube?
45:01 - A Hero Arrives!
47:52 - Fuel Pump Failure?
51:55 - Pop! Fuel Pump Blockage!
54:47 - Reassembling the Fuel Pump
58:33 - Bleeding Injectors (Correctly, this time)
1:03:07 - Hindsight
1:08:01 - Preview
This is a long one, folks! This is the second (of four!) breakdowns on the trip home. This one was really tricky to sort out, and we covered pretty much the _entire_ fuel system on the boat. I wanted to share the whole process in the off chance it might help someone else down the road.
In the end, it appears that some gunk clogged the pickup tube, some of it got through the filter and into the Yanmar's fuel pump, blocked it. This built up pressure, and the primer bulb popped. Got my first (and hopefully last, for a loooong time!) tow to a marina.
R&R Charters and Sail School
* randrchartersandsailschool.net
Donovan’s Shady Harbor Marina
* shadyharbormarina.com
2500rpm = 6.7 knots
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - Forward Mast Horse Install
2:41 - Mast Lifted!
5:46 - Preparing to Depart
6:41 - The Health of the Mast
10:37 - The Health of the Mast Step
13:41 - And We’re Off!
17:46 - Breakdown! Pop Goes the Bulb
22:03 - Nope, Still Stuck
24:15 - Bypassing the Primer Bulb
27:27 - Automating a Manual Level
28:43 - Waiting For a Towed… :(
29:37 - Familiar Problems Stop Feeling Like Problems
30:47 - Bleeding While Waiting
32:58 - Donovan’s Shady Harbor ARE AMAZING!
35:05 - Replacing the Priming Bulb
41:35 - Advice From a Friend
43:49 - Clogged Pickup Tube?
45:01 - A Hero Arrives!
47:52 - Fuel Pump Failure?
51:55 - Pop! Fuel Pump Blockage!
54:47 - Reassembling the Fuel Pump
58:33 - Bleeding Injectors (Correctly, this time)
1:03:07 - Hindsight
1:08:01 - Preview
