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Water leak Either inspect and find the leak or empty all the tanks and confirm no water is coming in It maybe a warning that your boat is about to sink

Also if it starts instantly after priming it is most likely air getting into the system

Valves Why is there a connection between supply and return line I think air is getting into the supply from the return line Your symptoms indicate air getting into the system

Wiper Most self parking wipers have a continuous positive supply and the switch controls the negative This enables the self parking function to work by supplying another negative until the wiper is parked

WARNING If that is the muffler supplied with the heater it is not sealed around the edges and will leak co into your boat

200 is not too hot for a diesel, When you say there is plenty of salt water flow out of the boat but no much out of the exhaust how is the plumbing system set up to split the water flow between the exhaust and other outlet, was the engine staying cool and plenty of exhaust water flow before...

decompression Thanks I will try and remember that, it is a great idea and when you are stuck you need these remedies to get you out of trouble I used to have a boat with a two cylinder diesel that had a decompression lever but to crank it you had to use both hands so unable to operate the...

Yes let out a little chain and then bridge the switch check for power at the motor and work back from there ie motor, solenoid, switch , breaker and finally battery

My tacho does the same when the batteries are fully charged try turning on a large load and see if it settles down

air leak at the filter orings or injector pump

Do lots of research find out exactly what brand and model all the components are Pump valves rams auto pilot etc and then get the exact service instructions for those before doing anything Just loosening the wrong fitting in the wrong sequence can mean no steering at all

when we use braided line we get a squeak in strong winds but is we change to three strand lines we dont get squeaks

with a domestic type fridge the pan at the bottom is near the condensor which is warm so when water from the defrost cycle drains into it evaporates fairly quickly if the power is turned off this method fails to work could you divert and extend the drain pipe so the water drains into the...

connect a multimeter to the starter terminal and negative and push the starter button if you are getting 24 volts at the starter the problem is with the starter or solenoid but if no volts there the problem is between there and the batteries

pump wont work which way does the motor spin, this will determine what is the inlet and what is the outlet of the pump the outlet is always the furthest away from the inlet ie if the pump spins clockwise the inlet will be at 2 oclock and the outlet will be at 10 oclock if it spins anti...

Does is show any fault codes Try running for 4 minutes and then shut it down and then restart and see if it runs for 8 minutes or only 4 it may give an indication of the problem being temp or timer related is it getting enough air flow ie is the inlet or outlet restricted try without...

Dirty fuel and or blocked fuel filters or blocked fuel tank vent

The hours makes no difference If it has had proper maintenance and regular oil and filter changes it will last many many years but if it is neglected it wont last long at all

helm pump HI thanks for the replies I have had the pump apart and it only has two oring seals on the the main shaft the three pistons are bronze and the cylinders are bronze and there are no seals at all I will check the non return valves to see if they are leaking otherwise I think I will...

Hi I have a 1942 WW2 work boat and the steering is starting to give a bit of trouble You have to keep turning the wheel to the left to keep the boat heading straight It appears that the steering pump has worn if you turn the wheel to full lock you can keep slowly turning the wheel the ram has...

Hi although we normally spend our boating time on the gippsland lakes in our converted 40' work boat "GULL" tomorrow we head up to the whitsundays to spend a couple of weeks on yacht called "KATOURA" looking forward to warmer weather and a great couple of weeks ashley and wendy

Hi last week we had the boat lifted out for a quick antifoul and hull paint but we found some copper sheeting on the transom that was loose so rather than wondering what it was hiding we removed it and found a few sections of rot where the fastenings were it looked to be a quick repair but...

you can either modify a pedometer (used to count steps ), or as I use, an hour meter wired across the power to the bilge pump so it gives me a total of hours the pump has ran

Hi great winters day on the gippsland lakes

plane We have a vans RV12 which we fly out of Latrobe valley Victoria australia