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Engines / LPA3 iffy starting
« on: April 02, 2018, 04:07:18 PM »
Hi all,
The LPA3 runs our Ferry (an ex-Ship's lifeboat) on the Norfolk Broads.
Hopefully, it will get us through this season and then will be in need of some TLC (a rebore etc)
The only way (it seems) to start it is to give 5-10 seconds of glowplug and then start it on full throttle and keep the revs up for half a minute or so and then it will be fine. If we try and start it on part throttle opening (still using heater plug), it will start for a couple of seconds and then die and then it's a nightmare. eventually, using easystart, it will go and once warmed up, be ok for the rest of the day. I did wonder if it was air in the fuel system, but bleeding it first didn't make much difference.
Any thoughts??
Dave
The LPA3 runs our Ferry (an ex-Ship's lifeboat) on the Norfolk Broads.
Hopefully, it will get us through this season and then will be in need of some TLC (a rebore etc)
The only way (it seems) to start it is to give 5-10 seconds of glowplug and then start it on full throttle and keep the revs up for half a minute or so and then it will be fine. If we try and start it on part throttle opening (still using heater plug), it will start for a couple of seconds and then die and then it's a nightmare. eventually, using easystart, it will go and once warmed up, be ok for the rest of the day. I did wonder if it was air in the fuel system, but bleeding it first didn't make much difference.
Any thoughts??
Dave