Hello,
Westmarine has received a lot of posts lately. Here is one more.
Yesterday I was down at the boat putting on the last two coats of bottom
paint. After the first coat was done I needed to wait a few hours before I could apply coat two. To use the time wisely I decided to start up the engine.
I checked all the connections, everything looked good. I drained a little
fuel out of the racor water separater, everything looked good. So I energized the glow plugs, then started the engine. She started right up and ran great. I was checking connections, water, etc.
Then I noticed some diesel leaking from the
fuel filter. I shut the engine down and examined the filter. An o ring seemed to have grown - it didn't fit between the filter and the water bowl at the bottom.
There is a Westmarine about 10 minutes from the yard, and they had a replacement filter in stock.
The price was too high - $32 as compared to $23 at defender, but I had it in my hands, installed it, bled the
fuel system and restarted the engine 30 minutes later. No leaks, and the engine is good to go.
Westmarine - not great prices, but very convenient.
Barry