petemartin
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I have an 2002 MD2010 in a Hanse 301 which has just started to give me serious grief. Briefly, two weekends ago I started the engine to check it was ok before the following weeks racing. It started fine, and when put into gear there was thrust from the prop and the expected increase in revs. Water coming out he exhaust as well, so all ok there. I then left it for about 60 minutes to charge the batteries and shut it down.
On the Tuesday, it started but there was no power at all, no increases in revs when the throttle was opened. Stopped, checked the fuel level, and replaced the secondary engine mounted fuel filter, bled the filter and it then started again, but still the same result. So no racing
I then replaced the primary filter, and now it will not start at all. The engine sounds like it is catching, and after a while the cylinder head is warm, but it will not run.
Done the obvious, checked the throttle linkage, stop lever operation, bled the filters (lots of times), and beld the injectors, and there is clean bubble free fuel coming out from the injectors. Cleaned the tank of a small amount of sludge. Checked for air leaks by removing the pipe from the tank and blowing hard, no leaks.
I am now stuck, the local engineers seem to be booked for a couple of weeks. I'm reasonably handy with the spanners, so any suggestions on what to look at next? My personal guess is that there is some contamination that has got through the filters, but I am open to suggestions.
cheers
Pete
On the Tuesday, it started but there was no power at all, no increases in revs when the throttle was opened. Stopped, checked the fuel level, and replaced the secondary engine mounted fuel filter, bled the filter and it then started again, but still the same result. So no racing
I then replaced the primary filter, and now it will not start at all. The engine sounds like it is catching, and after a while the cylinder head is warm, but it will not run.
Done the obvious, checked the throttle linkage, stop lever operation, bled the filters (lots of times), and beld the injectors, and there is clean bubble free fuel coming out from the injectors. Cleaned the tank of a small amount of sludge. Checked for air leaks by removing the pipe from the tank and blowing hard, no leaks.
I am now stuck, the local engineers seem to be booked for a couple of weeks. I'm reasonably handy with the spanners, so any suggestions on what to look at next? My personal guess is that there is some contamination that has got through the filters, but I am open to suggestions.
cheers
Pete