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Hi,

I am always suspicious of the claims of "oh it's much worse than we thought" once a major component is removed and taken away for inspection.

"hairline cracks in two of the delivery valves." I have never heard of this this

"Pump came off, sent to Florida for rebuild and discovered that the pump was filled with contaminants (metal shavings)" were these metal parts of the delivery valves themselves?


"Which caused the need to replace the injectors and high pressure fuel lines."

If you had anything larger than Fuel passing through the Injector Orifices they would quickly become blocked and the engine would stop. The Fuel Lines are just tubes why couldn't these be blown through?

"Learned that this is all caused by signficant fuel flow problems."

What caused these problems? The Delivery Valves are Fuel lubricated so there is a potential for metal to metal contact.

Has anyone suggested or tersted the quality of your fuel and the possibility you may have a fungus contanmination problem which has led to the breakdown of the chrome of the Delivery Valve and Injector Plungers?

"Now have to rebuild starboard injector pump." That's unlucky.

"Luckily we have a pro working oon the engines." I hope so for your sake!

Please don't forget to post back when it's all sorted out so others may benefit from your experiences.