michael askin wrote: > The important thing with a diesel is, of course, oil and > cooling. They work best at certain temperatures (hence the > thermostat on water cooled engines), and it's fairly > important to stop them from getting to hot.
I think the problem with a number of narrow boat installations is that the skin tanks are just too small. They are fine when the engine is relatively lightly loaded for normal canal use, but an extended run against a strong current or punching the tide (or just going fast on open water because you are not constrained by the channel) leads to overheating simply because there isn't enough surface area of skin tank to dissipate the resulting heat. And if the cooling circuit is plumbed with flexible piping which isn't sufficiently heat resistant, the first effect might be softening of the pipes, which then squeeze out from under their jubilee clips. I wonder if this was Hannah's problem? David Mack ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
