Log of Alberg 30 #262 on 04 March 2025


Purpose: Recommission Engine
Complement: Yoni Bresler
Engine Hours: 462.7 to 463.3

  • Spun engine three times with decompression levers engaged to warm cylinders.
  • Engine would not start.
  • Checked on-engine fuel filter. Loosened intake port and worked hand pump. Took a few strokes till fuel appeared. Repeated for output port.
  • After a couple more attempts, engine started.
  • Ran the boat round the harbor for half an hour to fully warm the engine and check things out.
© Jonathan M. Bresler