I've got a little Branson 2810 (3 cylinder, 28hp) I purchased new about 20+ years ago, never had any engine issues...until today. She wouldn't fire when turning over (It ran fine yesterday). Has about 800 hrs on it. Shut-off valve is functional, I finally coaxed it into starting with help from a little starting fluid.
She ran petty weak, a little black smoke (not bad). Lift pump seemed to be putting out fuel ok, but I put in a new one anyway and a new (factory) fuel filter. Still not really much improvement, although it will start now. I cracked the injector lines at the injectors one at a time. Either number one injector or number two injector make a huge difference (slow it way down) when I crack the line but number three makes no difference, they all (seem) to bleed out the same amout of fuel. So it looks like number three injector bad?
I've not worked on one of these engines before, so looking for some wisdom from some of you diesel gurus.
After getting the correct socket, I am thinking I'll swap injector locations and see if the problem follows the injector?
Any ideas would surely be appreciated.
She ran petty weak, a little black smoke (not bad). Lift pump seemed to be putting out fuel ok, but I put in a new one anyway and a new (factory) fuel filter. Still not really much improvement, although it will start now. I cracked the injector lines at the injectors one at a time. Either number one injector or number two injector make a huge difference (slow it way down) when I crack the line but number three makes no difference, they all (seem) to bleed out the same amout of fuel. So it looks like number three injector bad?
I've not worked on one of these engines before, so looking for some wisdom from some of you diesel gurus.
After getting the correct socket, I am thinking I'll swap injector locations and see if the problem follows the injector?
Any ideas would surely be appreciated.
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