Shippers
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Never heard of diesel bug.
Did you not read my post it does exist...
Never heard of diesel bug.
Did you not read my post it does exist...
I can get more pics of the bug tomorrow as I left a water bottle fuel of it from the tank for the boat owner
the diesel is almost black.
I did but hadn't heard of that phrase or was aware of the consequences.Did you not read my post it does exist...
Ive done countless boats over the years with diesel bug & never replaced any pumps or injectors, done one last
week see pic & I got called out to a stranded boat on Sunday same prob its got the bug...
& no its not an oil filter lol
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I dont now the exact details of why the inj pump was replaced, I dont think the previous owner could bear to think about it, but he did say the stodgy fuel had somehow caused a bracket to bend inside the inj pump itself and they werent available as a seperate part hence the new pump, apparently took some finding and he was told it was the last one ever and there simply isnt any more which is quiet believable as its the old perkins Maestro van diesel engine and when was the last time you saw one of them on the road?
When I did the cambelt the pump was one tooth out and it took some working out why as the mech didnt have the bosch ve pump dial gauge to set it up so had sort of guessed as near as he could!
Im sure we sold one of they perkins about 2 months ago, I think it was for somone's project & they haven't used it
I will ask today if its still kicking about in the other boat yard iirc the alternator was off as I had to hunt for it cant mind if it was blue or green.
Ours are green which means the parts are double normal marine prices
Though to be fair its only needed service stuff so far and two water injection elbows as they had pretty much rotted through.