Hi ALL! I have a 2GMF Yanmar engine and would like help on what electric fuel pump should I get to replace my lift pump?? PSI? cant seem to find one or any information on topic.. Thanks
It is a 2GMF 13hp. To make it easy to bleed!Why are you replacing the original with an electric? Assume you mean a 2GM20F? The cam driven factory pump is fine..
I replace filters and bleed perhaps 20 or so Yanmars a year with manual pumps. It's easy and takes but a few minutes. You just need to make sure the pump is off the cam (just rotate the engine a bit) and they prime up in no time at all even if you don't pre-fill the filter.It is a 2GMF 13hp. To make it easy to bleed!
I have this on my 2GM it makes it super easy to bleed. No way would I put an electric pump.Had a 2GM20F on my previous boat I installed a squeeze type primer bulb, as used on outboard motors, to aid in bleeding the filters. Inexpensive and easy to access.
Just be aware that there are no fuel priming bulbs that meet the minimum USCG or ABYC safety standards for below deck use, unless one came out just recently that I missed. I have seen one split, on a customers trawler, and the stench was so bad & so permeated into everything he finally had to sell the boat at a huge loss. Beautiful boat other than the stench of diesel..Had a 2GM20F on my previous boat I installed a squeeze type primer bulb, as used on outboard motors, to aid in bleeding the filters. Inexpensive and easy to access.
Yikes! I will keep an eye on mine!This was the actual bulb. Over a few week period it leaked nearly 75 gallons of fuel into the boat.....
Scratch that idea on the primer bulb! I had one on my previous boat for about 7 years without a problem & it definitely made priming / bleeding filters easier. Got the idea from a sailing rag about 20 years ago; however, if the bulbs are not compliant for below deck use, don’t use it. Thanks Maine for making that point.Just be aware that there are no fuel priming bulbs that meet the minimum USCG or ABYC safety standards for below deck use, unless one came out just recently that I missed.
Maine,You just need to make sure the pump is off the cam (just rotate the engine a bit) and they prime up in no time at all even if you don't pre-fill the filter.