Starting the Gardner 6LW after more than a year.

[@darrenfarrell-bn2cb]

Best Engine Ever Made , Fish Might Not Agree,

[@Therealshadywerewolf]

I could listen to that engine all day

[@ianspencer9837]

Sailed on a ship with 2 6LW generators. Super. Never any problems.

[@PeterMackett]

A Gardner will always start no matter how long it has been standing, the best diesel engines ever built!, will run forever with minimum maintenance!

[@charlesdesaintlaurent5957]

Great engines will always go chax

[@carllockpick6179]

A gardner every time, great engines.

[@houndwillie]

I’m a Gardner fanatic ❤️

[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

great sound, healthy sound

[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

wonderful reliable engineering with great sound

[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

brilliant - véry comforting sound of a healthy diesel heartbeat !

[@charlescrisp2814]

Beautiful sounding engine lovely noise

[@christopherjohnfoster1851]

Two of us used to start one every morning with the starting handle and and a short rope first pull .

[@williammccoy7127]

I had a boat with a Gardner best engine I ever 8 lxb had . No turbo shit, and whispering sound stationary could not hear it in the wheelhouse.

[@Rudgeyakathedoctor]

Awesome ,cant beat that sound

[@patrickportelas334]

I like this sound 👍

[@alwaysbearded1]

Pretty painless for a year's lay up. Reminds me a bit of my old Volvo engine. Now I can see your boat is a bit rough around the edges. I love these engines.

[@popuptoaster]

Very rough around the edges, but seems to be solid enough under it all.

[@houndwillie]

Thank you 🙏

[@31144]

It shouldn't have needed throttle with the cold start pushed in, just keep the rack latched till it picks up 👍, can't beat an LW or any Gardner for that matter

[@Thefreakyfreek]

I'm 24 and about to buy a boat to live in with this engine in it good to know

[@popuptoaster]

Check out Joe McCools YT channel, lots of short but excellent and very useful vids about Gardners, very useful if you ever have an issue.

[@Thefreakyfreek]

@@popuptoaster thanks i wil

[@paulwilson3083]

You won't regret buying a Gardner, nothing comes close on long life, reliability and excellent fuel economy, fishermen will tell you that any engine can get you out to sea, but a Gardner will always get you home, when turning into a strong tide and winds the Gardner digs in strong and that is great piece of mind, good luck with your project.

[@johnoakley6054]

Reliable engines used on fairgrounds

[@karlclark-kerr9898]

What gear box do you have? (2uc 3uc twin disk) also she sound lovely Just a bit of advise Blow hot air into the intake. It helps them start up when sitting awhile And the lift pump needs more presses on it so get fuel straight to the injector pump

[@matui6983]

3UC will never fit onto a 6LW

[@Richard-vh9ug]

Agreed holdheartly.

[@TheFlyingBusman]

Ugh. Who painted it yellow? It’s no CAT 😁

[@paul36uk]

built a few back in th day, and L2's

[@chriswoodford4331]

Sweet

[@john-ls8wq]

I had the same engine in my 42 foot salmon trawler that someone stole and sunk in a shipping channel what a waste

[@truethought369]

Have you got a head gasket leak? steam & oil from exhaust, Not Good.

[@popuptoaster]

They all smoke when you start them, mine is actually pretty good, the black stuff is just crap from the wet exhaust and muddy water.

[@boyfromblackstuff7859]

Nice engine, shame about the decor!

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

So what was in the engine to make the water go purple ?

[@popuptoaster]

it's just black gunk from the exhaust.

[@stephenfloat1260]

Oil

[@nigelwilliams3574]

un burnt diesel in these good old engines till they warm up

[@bovnet]

why not fit a starter button instead of fannying around

[@popuptoaster]

It's got one up in the wheelhouse, the engine wiring in the engine room was all removed as it was unsafe. Seems like a bit of a stupid question though, you really think this is how someone would start their boat every time?

[@bovnet]

@@popuptoaster add a second starter button in the engine room. I have a bus with cab starter and engine bay starter. The engine bay starter does not enable the gearbox for safety it does however bypass all engine door and hatch safety switches. I did imagine you had one at the helm.

[@billalbion]

Being a boat must have a hand throttle?

[@popuptoaster]

It has a hand throttle and gear lever up in the wheelhouse.

[@thomascatford2627]

That engine would start after 50 years its a Gardner. A bit like a choke nawh nothing like a choke its an excess fuel button.

[@popuptoaster]

Which is what happens when you engage the choke on a petrol engine, it gets extra fuel and thus is a useful way of illustrating a point for most of may mates who grew up with cars with chokes. 🙄

[@thomascatford2627]

@@popuptoaster no when you engage the choke on a car it closes the choke butterfly in the carb restricting air intake and richening the fuel air mixture, an excess fuel button on an old diesel engine allows the fuel pump rack to open more than the maximum operating range, it does not restrict the air flow on the intake but does allow the fuel pump element to charge with more fuel to be injected.

[@regan44017]

@@popuptoaster there's no arguing with some people! 😂 Us normal folk understood what you mean

[@matui6983]

When you pop the excess fuel button on any Gardner from a 1L2 up to a 6LYTi it wil allow 2-3times more fuel than the engine burns at max rpm into the cylinders for easy starting.