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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    Guys!!! Here’s the update! I found the issue of fuel dilution: I uploaded a video on YouTube. It was pissing diesel from fuel line One. It was very loose. Now I tightened it and no more pissing diesel. Now I’m sucking out the oil to replace it. Thanks everyone! Here’s the video
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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    thank you for this tip. Does anyone know of a service manual and parts manual of this engine to download somewhere? I have no manuals or any reference and these engines are so old.where would one get parts? Thanks
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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    Thank you very much! I will try that as soon as I can
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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    John, this is EXACTLY the problem. I smelled diesel on the oil dip stick! Any tips would be appreciated on how to go about fixing this! Thank you!
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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    Guys. Sorry for the late update. I don’t always get a chance to visit the boat. After some searching, there was this tip about diesel seeping in to the oil through the injectors. When I had a chance, I took the dipstick out and would you believe it, it smelled 100% like diesel!!!! So this is...
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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    After starting, it would idle for 2 minutes and then the buzzer would go on and read very low pressure on the gauge
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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    Thanks for answering and funny that you asked about the plastic wrapper , there’s definitely no plastic wrapper on the filter.
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    Help!!!!!!! Detroit 12v71 oil pressure problems

    Hi everyone: we have 2 Detroit 12V71TE in our boat. We wanted to be nice and replace the oil filter and now we are not getting oil pressure on one engine. (We only replaced it on one engine) we have no way to go under the engine to open the oil pan. We filled the oil filter full with oil but to...
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