On these motors, if the seawater pump bearings and seals fail, if fills the
crankcase with seawater.
You will need to change the oil 3-4 times, starting the motor each time. It
helps to do a rinse with Diesel once, but not to run the motor that time. I
had this happen and ran the motor another
Thank you for the replys and advice. I realize I should have given more details
in my email last night.
I discovered the water after the engine had been shutdown for about 4 hours (it
had ran fine all day) and after I pumped the oil out this morning it was still
quite black i.e. Not grey or mi
Hi, Leaking raw water pump is a fairly consistent reference, and if it is
so equipped an engine oil cooler. Your raw water pump feeds, as you said
salt water, and your closed system was intact per your description.
Personally I'd get it to a dock where I would do any work.
If you were taking
Ahoy Bill,
I suggest you send a copy of your recent message to the list too.
I have used Apollo ball valves for years but I have on issue with them.
In the standard valve that can be found in West and hardware stores, the
body is bronze, the ball is chromed bronze, but the stem and the packin
Matt:
Good logic. I'd start replacing the seals while the towboat gets unstuck.
It sounds like you dodged a bullet.
Phil
s/v Sunshine
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He is in salt water.
Remember he was originally getting white smoke from the exhaust, which
might indicate a head gasket failure between cooling water and a combustion
chamber.
Also, I must add, because he might not know, the raw water pump has two
seals, one next to the pump chamber, usually
Further Thoughts.
If your raw water pump is as Lee says you might want to consider drilling
some drain holes in the body of the pump between the water and the oil
seals to prevent water entering the engine.
Sometimes designers have a brain fart. I often refer to it as "80%
engineering". I supp
Personally, I do all my engine repairs at anchor and spend the dock rent money
on spare parts and tools.
>From my own experience, changing or overhauling a raw water pump does not
>require much work, certainly not a dock, if I have the parts and tools on
>hand. I have always anchored out an
Of course Norm has good advice and also experience and tools aboard.
I am often too conservative and follow the rule that is the first rule of
the Hippocratic Oath Dr's used to follow:
FIRST, DO NO HARM.
I do not want my motto to be READY, FIRE, AIM.
I have never had the problem but did not thin
We are so glad to hear this. Thanks for letting everyone know. I wonder how
Lucky will like sailing.
Corinne & Rosie
On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:34 PM, Ron Rogers wrote:
> A good holiday outcome to an otherwise sad story. Sadly, Bucky was found dead
> by a Ranger on the shore of Roanoke Island - 2
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 02:41:57AM -0500, Ed Kelly wrote:
> Matt,
>
> With all due respect, I think this is one of those times a haul by
> Towboat US may save some money, and in the worst case, an engine.
>
> This is a job I would like to do at a dock, rather than away from one,
> and with the co
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 09:22:36AM -0600, S/V Kaleo wrote:
> Thank you for the replys and advice. I realize I should have given
> more details in my email last night.
>
> I discovered the water after the engine had been shutdown for about 4
> hours (it had ran fine all day) and after I pumped the
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 12:13:06PM -0500, Ed Kelly wrote:
> Of course Norm has good advice and also experience and tools aboard.
>
> I am often too conservative and follow the rule that is the first rule of
> the Hippocratic Oath Dr's used to follow:
> FIRST, DO NO HARM.
If we were talking about
Norm, As I said "personally".
Do you know how much experience that party has had.
Carl.
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I pretty well agree with all the other great advice you've gotten, but
one item does prick my ears -
>The only place raw water touches the engine are the heat exchanger (which is
>brand new)
Any time you have a *new* part taht *could* be related to a failure,
it's worth a second glance to check
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