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guess i am still old school, i have 2 8d's and 1 4d battery...i check my water often, and do hydrometer readings too,,,u may have a bad cell which i did since the previous owner did not check the batteries, so now i am on top of them. at my previous marine job, we had many 8d's and would do...

You have to watch the use of thread sealant or Teflon tape, paste on zinc plugs,,,it should be metal to metal contact and the zinc is sacrificial..it may not leak, but wont be metal to metal,,,u can check continuity if sealant is on there, if not I would take it off, before the cooler gets ate...

I put a Tee with a small ball valve and nice oil filled vac gauge after the racor to check the vac, u have to check after clean filters installed and if u have any head pressure acting on the gauge too,,any restrictions: lengths of fuel lines to filter, turns, valves, etc add vac too...they...

can you remove the sender access cover and look thru there or suck some crap from the bottom of the tank where most of the stuff settles.

hello capt, I had a westerbeke 8btd gen that would crank or not start and a few other things, after checking a few shut down devices, water. oil...my emergency stop switch which is a toggle switch, was bad/rotted out and in the closed position inside and was making go to a shutdown, no...

Checking Batteries Love coming to these forums and checking things out, learn , laugh, etc..back in my coast guard days and my last job we had many start batteries,,,mostly 8D;s....weekly we would check the electrolyle levels...water and monthl;y take hydrometer readings on each cell..i do...

Make sure you install a nice set of vacuum gauges on your racor, be it the racor vac gauge or another type, to show the condition of your filter.I prefer the liquid filled ones as they stand up better to vibrations, and I can make my filters last and try diff microns...dot forget to treat...