I started my Westy 8.0 diesel for a short trip that I was going to take to get some fuel.
It started right up and ran great the whole time but when I was docking it mysteriously died.
After tying up, I went back to look at the generator figuring that the impeller might have fallen apart and it stopped due to the lack of water.
I checked the temp gauge and it was right at 180 degrees so I restarted it. When I did, I noticed that the fuel solenoid was only half way in and it was bogging down so I manually opened it until the magnet stuck. After that it pumped water with no issue although unleaded it had a bit of greyish smoke.
Any ideas as to where to start looking? The fuel solenoid is new last year with about 100 hours on it.
It started right up and ran great the whole time but when I was docking it mysteriously died.
After tying up, I went back to look at the generator figuring that the impeller might have fallen apart and it stopped due to the lack of water.
I checked the temp gauge and it was right at 180 degrees so I restarted it. When I did, I noticed that the fuel solenoid was only half way in and it was bogging down so I manually opened it until the magnet stuck. After that it pumped water with no issue although unleaded it had a bit of greyish smoke.
Any ideas as to where to start looking? The fuel solenoid is new last year with about 100 hours on it.
