"I have a Beneteau Sailboat, 3
"I have a Beneteau Sailboat, 345 First, with a volvo penta 3 cylinder diesal engine.
I just bought the boat and it has set for a while.
I bled the air out at the top of the fuel filter by loosening the top screw and using the manually pump and finally got it started. It would run a few minutes perfectly and then quit. I would bleed it again and it would run for a few minutes perfectly then quit. I finally got it to run for more than a few minutes but it would try to quit and then catch back up and would continue running normally for about 15 minutes before it would quit.
Anyone have any idea as to what is going on? I can't get it to continue to run without dying.
I put new diesal fuel in it when I bought it.
Thanks for anyones help that you can give."
"I have a Beneteau Sailboat, 345 First, with a volvo penta 3 cylinder diesal engine.
I just bought the boat and it has set for a while.
I bled the air out at the top of the fuel filter by loosening the top screw and using the manually pump and finally got it started. It would run a few minutes perfectly and then quit. I would bleed it again and it would run for a few minutes perfectly then quit. I finally got it to run for more than a few minutes but it would try to quit and then catch back up and would continue running normally for about 15 minutes before it would quit.
Anyone have any idea as to what is going on? I can't get it to continue to run without dying.
I put new diesal fuel in it when I bought it.
Thanks for anyones help that you can give."