Stus-List : C smile and rust

On 2021-08-04 11:03 a.m., Robert Abbott wrote: Greg, The 'C smile' is quite common.  Mine had one when I bought the boat.  First place to start with that is torque the keel bolts to their specs.  I then sanded the smile to approx 3 inches above and below it and wrapped the smile in West

Stus-List C smile and rust

 Greg, The 'C smile' is quite common.  Mine had one when I bought the boat.  First place to start with that is torque the keel bolts to their specs.  I then sanded the smile to approx 3 inches above and below it and wrapped the smile in West System epoxy soaked cloth.  Let cure and added a

Stus-List C smile and rust

 Greg, The 'C smile' is quite common.  Mine had one when I bought the boat.  First place to start with that is torque the keel bolts to their specs.  I then sanded the smile to approx 3 inches above and below it and wrapped the smile in West System epoxy soaked cloth.  Let cure and added a

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

Tom, It sounds to me like you have some "sludge” in the lines that is slowing the fuel flow. Replace the filters (Racor and the one on the engine), flush the lines as best you can, get all the air our of the system and see how that goes. It may be time for a fuel tank cleaning or fuel

Stus-List C smile and rust

Greg, The 'C smile' is quite common.  Mine had one when I bought the boat.  First place to start with that is torque the keel bolts to their specs.  I then sanded the smile to approx 3 inches above and below it and wrapped the smile in West System epoxy soaked cloth. Let cure and added a

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

I had my twin 300 gallon black iron tanks in my trawler cleaned a few years ago. They had a man crawl inside. They took out a five gallon bucket of red gelatinous goo from each tank. Get Outlook for Android From: Joe Della Barba via

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

Didn't I send a vacuum gauge to someone on here? I have both vacuum and fuel pressure gauges and both are hugely useful in finding problems. Joe Della Barba Coquina C 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA From: Bill Coleman via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 9:32 AM To:

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

This is where a vacuum gauge would be helpful. Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA We are off on a two week cruise. Second day running the engine starts to falter, then stall. I check the Racor, no water. I did replace the fuel pump last year after we ran out of fuel w the fuel tank

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

The same thing happened to Trillium many years ago. Ended up paying a yard to clean out the tank, which solved the problem. Then a few years later replaced the tank completely when we rebuilt the engine. When removing the tank I put my finger through the bottom! At that point the tank was 40 years

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

I am putting my money on the pickup in the tank. Pull it and clean it. If tank cruddy need be cleaned to avoid in future. Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you. From: Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 11:35:04 PM To:

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

Change the filters as numero uno step.  Engine hours doesnt correlate to filter health.  I replace annually to just avoid them being the problem child.Blow out the line to make sure.  Also, any chance that you have air getting into the line?  Check your points of access, Racor, filter housings,

Stus-List Re: Intermittent stalling

Definitely sounds like a fuel delivery problem. One way to validate would be to see if it runs ok at reduced rpm. Has the boat been idle for awhile? Get Outlook for Android From: Fred Hazzard via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021