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Step 3Engine Trouble!
We motor away from the dock, but after we get out in the channel the engine coughs and dies!
We've run out of diesel. Who forgot to check it? Everyone!
Unfortunately when you run a diesel dry you get air in the lines and the injector pump doesn't work anymore. You have to bleed the lines. And it seems we've got a leak in the system also, which is why the fuel tank was empty in the first place. Fortunately skipper Jo knows just what to do. She opens up the engine's ribcage and starts operating! She was raised by a couple of old diesel engines just like this one.
I tell her I'm really embarrassed that we'd run out of fuel. She gives me a blank look then a smile and says "oh everyone does it. I was doing a delivery once and..."
We've run out of diesel. Who forgot to check it? Everyone!
Unfortunately when you run a diesel dry you get air in the lines and the injector pump doesn't work anymore. You have to bleed the lines. And it seems we've got a leak in the system also, which is why the fuel tank was empty in the first place. Fortunately skipper Jo knows just what to do. She opens up the engine's ribcage and starts operating! She was raised by a couple of old diesel engines just like this one.
I tell her I'm really embarrassed that we'd run out of fuel. She gives me a blank look then a smile and says "oh everyone does it. I was doing a delivery once and..."
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