Hey all:
I realize this is more of a generic vs. Ericson specific issue, but the wealth of knowledge here is considerable. We took a trip to Rock Hall (across the Bay from Baltimore) this weekend, and had virtually no wind on the return trip yesterday, resulting in a 4-5 hour motor. Motor purred like a kitten until just after we passed Key Bridge with a storm approaching, which we were racing to get back to the marina. Best laid plans. Motor died, which I attributed to needing a filter change. We anchored during the storm and did just that, but while starting up the electric pump to bleed, I noticed that it didn't seem to have the same suction force it usually did.
Motor started up again fine and was fine out of gear, but under load, revs would drop and eventually stall unless I shifted to neutral. This made for a tense trip through the outer harbor with a nervous guest crew (and me being in 50-ft. depth water), but we were able to limp her back to the slip.
Does this sound like a fuel contamination issue, whereby gunk may be either blocking the pickup in the tank, or even within the fuel pump? I have a Facet goldflo that is located after the primary filter (racor), which I think has a built-in filter am an unsure of the mesh size (racor mesh is 10 micrograms). Could this be an injector issue (not serviced since we've had her)?
Just want to troubleshoot before lathering myself in diesel again, which doesn't seem to be great for the skin.
Thanks for any input, as always appreciated.
I realize this is more of a generic vs. Ericson specific issue, but the wealth of knowledge here is considerable. We took a trip to Rock Hall (across the Bay from Baltimore) this weekend, and had virtually no wind on the return trip yesterday, resulting in a 4-5 hour motor. Motor purred like a kitten until just after we passed Key Bridge with a storm approaching, which we were racing to get back to the marina. Best laid plans. Motor died, which I attributed to needing a filter change. We anchored during the storm and did just that, but while starting up the electric pump to bleed, I noticed that it didn't seem to have the same suction force it usually did.
Motor started up again fine and was fine out of gear, but under load, revs would drop and eventually stall unless I shifted to neutral. This made for a tense trip through the outer harbor with a nervous guest crew (and me being in 50-ft. depth water), but we were able to limp her back to the slip.
Does this sound like a fuel contamination issue, whereby gunk may be either blocking the pickup in the tank, or even within the fuel pump? I have a Facet goldflo that is located after the primary filter (racor), which I think has a built-in filter am an unsure of the mesh size (racor mesh is 10 micrograms). Could this be an injector issue (not serviced since we've had her)?
Just want to troubleshoot before lathering myself in diesel again, which doesn't seem to be great for the skin.
Thanks for any input, as always appreciated.