h-31 fuel filters

[lloyd]

I JUST CHANGED BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FUEL FILTERS,I READ WHEN YOU DO THIS FILL CANISTERS WITH FUEL BEFORE ASSEMBLY. I DID AND THE ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP. I DID NOT BLEED OFF ANY AIR .I'M AFRAID THERE IS AIR BACK UP IN THE LINES AND MAY STOP THE ENGINE AT A BAD TIME ,AS IN THE HARBOR.SHOULD I STILL BLEED THE LINES?

 

[Steve Dion]

Yes you should.

Lloyd:After you change the filters you should secure you boat to the dock and run the engine in gear with a partial load (1500-2000 rpms) for 15-20 minutes. This will give you a chance to warm up the engine and be sure that you do not have any leaks. This also gives you a chance to be sure that your engine is NOT going to crap out as you are passing the break water or some other bad spot. If you just start the engine run for a few moments, it will probably run OKAY but you have not consumed enough fuel to tell if you have any air in the line. I assume that you know how to bleed the engine. You should not need to bleed the injectors, just the 2 bleed points on the front of the engine (10mm phillips heads). I would do this before you let the engine run under load.