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Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    Twistlock
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 31 Dec 2015

    Vesselfinder did not update your position for quite some time whereas Marine Traffic did. Interesting...

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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      Yes, I think that Marine Traffic maybe better, at one point earlier in the trip VF lost us whereas MT had us all the time....

      Going into darkness last night....

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      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Slowly slowly.....320nm run from Ribadeo on the north coast of Spain to Brest.....

        We had planned to miss out Brest and go to straight Roscoff (because now we have to get stamped out of The EU - and it's a crushing fucking bore), but the sea state was awful a couple of hours ago, so we have peeled off into Brest....

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        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          endo
          見習いボス
          Joined: 29 May 2020

          glad you made through the Bay of Biscay

          si tacuisses

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            So am I 🙂

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            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              goosehd
              Mod Squad
              @Giles
              Joined: 8 Apr 2016

              @Giles How was the fuel situation?

              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                Kasi
                見習いボス
                Joined: 9 Oct 2014

                Home sweet home very soon 😊

                The world's insane
                While you drink champagne
                And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  @goosehd
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  @goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

                  @Giles How was the fuel situation?

                  Fine. The issue only seems to appear when the vacuum in the tank overrides the pull of the fuel pump. That seems to be fast about 30% full if we have not opened the filler cap to get rid of the vacuum - which I am about to do.....

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Fuck, no discernible hiss, which means we do not know what the issue is. But we do know how to make sure it does not happen - keep her filled up 🙂

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      tody
                      啓蒙家
                      @Giles
                      Joined: 24 Feb 2021

                      @Giles Just some food for thought, does ambient temperature probably play a role?

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                        goosehd
                        Mod Squad
                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                        Would have been my thought also with the fuel cap not venting properly creating a vacuum as the fuel was used…the only other thing I can think of is a obstruction in the line (as you mentioned with the cigarette butt). Maybe one of the inline fuel filter/water separators is clogged or partially obstructed.

                        Does it seem to run great for the first bit and then get worse as the day goes on? I’ll check with my brother in laws (farmers) and see if they come up with any good ideas. We’ve all chased diesel gremlins before on the tractors and sometimes the answer is staring you in the face, and sometimes….

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          There is a breather pipe, so there should be no need to crack the filler cap. Our current assumption is that it is blocked. It works fine until the tanks are at about 30-35% full, then the port tank gives up. It does not degrade, it falls off a fucking cliff......

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            goosehd
                            Mod Squad
                            @Giles
                            Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                            @Giles Doesn’t sound like it’s anything between the tank, fuel line, water separator, fuel filter, and the fuel rail and your theory of venting sound’s right.

                            If it was the fuel pump or fuel rail, the problem would manifest itself much earlier than the 30/35 percent fill.

                            Have you tried running the tank with the fuel cap removed on the port tank? If the vent is causing the issue, then no filler cap on the port tank would ensure that it’s getting enough air (as long as it’s semi protected to keep seawater out).

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                              goosehd
                              Mod Squad
                              Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                              ...and a off the wall thought...I wonder if the pickup wasn't properly placed in the tank and is only 2/3 of the way where it should be. Maybe you're running out of fuel because of it's placement.

                              Edit: The more I think about this, the more I think that this might be your issue especially for the way you describe it falling off.

                              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                goosehd
                                Mod Squad
                                Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                Is this drawing close to your fuel system?

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                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                  ROman
                                  Haraki san Prodigy
                                  Joined: 5 Jan 2015

                                  Not that I'm an expert on fuel tanks, but I did do similar work with water tanks with pumps. There should be 2 tanks with a line between the 2 that would equalize the 2 tanks. Sometimes something as simple as the filter on the one tank would become clogged or challenged and would mess up the one tank.

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    @goosehd
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    @goosehd Yes it is, though we have 2 fuel tanks and 2 engines, with a transfer pipe between the tanks, which we can open or closed.

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      @goosehd
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      @goosehd Pretty sure that it cant be that I am afraid, we draw the fuel from an outlet about 2 inches from the bottom of the tank.....

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        goosehd
                                        Mod Squad
                                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                        The fact that it’s repeatable at the same point is what’s confusing me. A vacuum/vapour lock issue would be somewhat random (at least in my mind).

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          @ROman
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          @ROman We have been running them separately. But we can, with a flick of a valve join them. One of the things I will do when we are home is install a fuel pump and diesel polisher on that pipe, so that I can shunt the fuel from one tank to the other cleaning it with each pass. We had that system on PILGRIM and I am pretty (read, fucking)( surprised we do not have it as standard on SAKURA....

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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