Engine problem!

Tuesday, June 16th at 1am ou engine stopped running. There was no wind either so we started drifting in a pitch black night.

We opened the engine and checked sea water cooling system, incl water filter and impeller. Then we checked the fuel system, bleeding out the fuel from tank all the way to spark plugs. There was no fuel coming to the primary filter, and the pipe was full of air. We tried bleeding the air out with hand pump lever for an hour with no success.

In the meanwhile Anil was trying to steer the boat under sail with only 2kn wind. A big fish trawler came very close, we flashed light to our sails so that they could see us and avoid a collision.

We were totally exhausted by sunrise after 5 hours of trying to fix the engine. Finally, Mick decided to take a part the fuel pipe that goes to primary filter and suck the fuel from tank to get it moving. As doing this we realized that something was blocking the tank outlet from inside the tank. Mick blew this out and fuel started flowing and engine finally worked... It was a tough night with no sleep, but we are back on our way to Corfu...
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