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    Yanmar ym2000 no start

    So no valve cover gasket can cause issues? Or were you just saying I don’t have one?
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    Yanmar ym2000 no start

    I circled where the smoke was coming out of and I took the pic when I was cranking the engine over so the smoke is visible in pic but a lot more obvious in person.
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    Yanmar ym2000 no start

    So I pulled the valve cover to make sure everything looked ok and make sure none were stuck. I cranked the engine over and white/gray smoke came out from under the head. I’m guessing I will at least need piston rings. But before I start tearing into it would it be worth checking valve clearance...
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    Yanmar ym2000 no start

    I already attempted to pull the injection pump and it came about half way would and wouldn’t move anymore. I couldn’t find much info on how to remove them so I just went for it which I’m sure I was wrong to do. Anyway since I couldn’t get it all the way out to inspect it I just put it back in...
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    Yanmar ym2000 no start

    Thanks for all the replies. My thermostat is working and was just replaced by the previous owner. I haven’t done any compression test so I don’t know for sure that it has perfect compression but when I was taking the injector out I turned the engine over to push it out and it just about shot out...
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    Yanmar ym2000 no start

    I just bought a Yanmar ym2000 and was told by the previous owner that it would take about 15 min to get it started and that it was getting air in the fuel. I bled the fuel system, hooked battery up to jumper cables and cranked on it for a while with no luck. Since then I tried multiple times to...
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