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Is that a carb engine or fuel injected? If carb, that fuel evaporates anyways, and priming is more important. Us Westerbekers deal with the fuel pump failing or the fuel shut off solenoid on the carb body (does what the Parker Skinner does, just right at the engine) all the time.
could be a bunch of stuff. I'd disconnect the fuel line after the fuel pump, push the bypass switch and see if fuel comes out of the outlet.
The fuel pumps hate ethanol. If you have any air leaks in the fuel circuit, that will hinder operation. If the fuel shutoff solenoid on the engine is not getting power, or has given up, it will prevent fuel from getting to the carb.
Now, for the real questions. Which Westerbeke? Carb or Fuel Injected?
I have a Westerbeke genny and have a bad fuel solenoid. I have manually put it in by-pass but still can't get fuel to the genny. I'm guessing I need to prime manually, or might I have a bad fuel pump also???? Thanks for any help you can por
my kohler had a electronic govenor auctuator, it was sticking and caused the same issues u are having. basically it opens the throttle plate at the start up.
You are on the right track. Facet pump. I'm on my 5th or so in 20 years. BTW this does not mean your solenoid is bad. You just took it out of the equation.I have the 4.5 Kw Gas carb genny. I am convinced it is my fuel lift pump and have ordered a replacement. There was no fuel in the line from the tank through the water/ gas separator, down to the generator. I by-passed the solenoid and cranked the genny for quite a while then checked the lines and still no gas in them.
I like the FLIR pic in the description... That's just great - a thing designed (well, supposedly) to carry a higly explosive fluid is overheatingnot intended to be energized continuously for more than 8 hours. This can lead to burnout of the coil, and malfunctioning of the valve
don't accidently leave your ignition switch in the run position (like I've done a hundred times)