Zen and the art of sailboat maintenance

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Comment by LOLA on May 13, 2009 at 5:48pm

Checking RPM's...still not as should be...next modification of the Prop...more to follow

Comment by h on May 13, 2009 at 6:15am

Zee,

Was one of the Connecting Rods came loose from the crank shaft?

The casing hole can be easily welded shut.

Depending on what other damage did the loose conrod did to your engine, it may be salvageable.

h

Comment by zeehag on May 5, 2009 at 2:16am

pix of removal of engine from engine well----out with ded red and pending install of new blue...

Comment by zeehag on May 2, 2009 at 8:50pm

belch---the dealer/distributor's recommendations are that the exhaust elbow be changed out every 4-5 yrs---or what happens is as what happened to lolas engine----lola and i both bought boats in which the engines had received poor, if any, maintenance--so, belch, how is YOUR engine running???

Comment by zeehag on May 2, 2009 at 8:44pm

this is the reason for my repower---westerfreke without routine maintenance ---

Comment by Randy on April 28, 2009 at 8:49am

On the topic of Zinc's For those that do not know it. If your in fresh water use magnesium instead of zinc.Zinc's do not protect as well as magnesium does if your boating in fresh water. Just a FYI

Comment by h on April 28, 2009 at 6:37am

Lola,

That is a different Zinc to the one Zee is referring to.

If the engine is seawater cooled, without fresh water to seawater heat exchanger, there are pencil Zinc anodes going into the engine. These are the one that needs regular replacement.

If your engine has sewater to fresh water heat exchanger and fresh water goes into the engine, these zinc may be there, but will not wear out. IE do not need yearly replacement.

h

Comment by LOLA on April 27, 2009 at 8:34pm

My F30 only has zinc on prop, found out.

Comment by zeehag on April 27, 2009 at 8:06pm

please donot forget to change elbows every 5 years without fail.....
is important....they only last that long---and if raw water cooled--there are zincs inside that need to be changed regularly......important!!....as well as regular maintenance......

Comment by LOLA on April 27, 2009 at 6:20pm

WELL ITS AN ONGOING STORY,

After the RPM check...my gauge if running higher 124 than real...he said I can just know this and run it at 2900...It tested at 3176 high and 3176 low load..

Now it needs a Fuel lift pump. They think I will be able to sail by week end.

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