Thanks for the terminology correction, yes, it's raw water cooled. It's just a 
wee single cylinder unit. 

Brent
27-5
Wild Rover

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> On Apr 1, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Jerome Tauber via CnC-List 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> There is no coolant.  It's raw water cooled. Jerry 
> 
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>> On Apr 1, 2017, at 7:10 PM, Gary Russell via CnC-List 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Depends on where the leak in the head gasket is.  If it's between a coolant 
>> passage and a cylinder, then you would see the evidence in the exhaust.  If 
>> the gasket leak is between a coolant passage and an oil return, then you 
>> would see it in the oil.  The best advice is to watch the coolant level 
>> carefully.  If you see it going down over time, then you need to find where 
>> it is going.  If the coolant level is not going down, then probably what you 
>> are seeing is harmless steam and not white smoke.
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>> ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Brent Driedger via CnC-List 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> The 1GM10 is fresh water cooled with no heat exchanger. I'm really hoping 
>>> it's not a head gasket. Would there not be water in the oil sump if the 
>>> gasket were blown?
>>> 
>>> Brent
>>> 27-5
>>> Wild Rover. 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>>> On Apr 1, 2017, at 5:06 PM, Gary Russell via CnC-List 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Not to be an alarmist, but white smoke usually means a coolant leak, such 
>>>> as a blown head gasket.  Take a sniff of the exhaust.  If it has a sweet 
>>>> smell, you've got an internal coolant leak.  Is your coolant level going 
>>>> down, with no apparent leak?
>>>> 
>>>> Gary
>>>> S/V Kaylarah
>>>> '90 C&C 37+
>>>> East Greenwich, RI, USA
>>>> 
>>>> ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> You can remove the injector from the block.  Turn it upside down, 
>>>>> reconnect to the fuel pipe, turn the engine over until the injector 
>>>>> starts to spray.  Pop, pop, pop.  Watch the spray pattern.  It should be 
>>>>> a clean, wide cone pattern, equally aerated, fine mist.  This is a test 
>>>>> you should do before you send it to a shop.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you want to attempt to clean it yourself you can unscrew the 2 halves 
>>>>> of the injector, remove the spring and valve needle.  Clean all the 
>>>>> pieces with something like carb cleaner, berrymans b12 chemtool, or 
>>>>> toluine.  You have to be careful not to scratch any of the internal 
>>>>> components.  A hardwood scraper can be fashioned or paint stir stick or 
>>>>> tooth picks.  When you satisfied, reassemble the same way it came apart.  
>>>>> Re-test for spray pattern.  Re-install.
>>>>> 
>>>>> While you have the injectors out I like to test compression and clean the 
>>>>> precombustion chambers.  They can get pretty well covered with carbon 
>>>>> which will make them harder and harder to remove.  You'll probably want 
>>>>> to replace the thin copper ring between the two halves.  There's also a 
>>>>> lead gasket and a copper foil disc which go between the injector and the 
>>>>> precombustion chamber.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Josh Muckley
>>>>> S/V Sea Hawk
>>>>> 1989 C&C 37+
>>>>> Yanmar 3HM35F
>>>>> Solomons, MD 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 31, 2017 10:06 PM, "Brent Driedger via CnC-List" 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Greetings all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The 1GM10 Yanmar on my 27 began to give me issues last summer. The usual 
>>>>>> complaints, hard starting, ran well once it was going. I replaced the 
>>>>>> filter in the fall and my next move is to replace the old fuel and clean 
>>>>>> the tank.
>>>>>> But judging from the white smoke in the exhaust I'm thinking the 
>>>>>> injector spray pattern is off and I'm getting some dripping.  I'm 
>>>>>> planning to extract and clean it or replace it.
>>>>>> Any tips from those who have done this would be appreciated.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Brent Driedger
>>>>>> 27-5
>>>>>> Wild Rover
>>>>>> Lake Winnipeg.
>>>>>> 
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