Hi Dennis- I changed the zinc when I pulled the heat exchanger several years ago. You wrote “every couple months”. Really? How often does that pencil zinc need to be changed? Dave
> On Aug 5, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Crap! Easy job went bad but yielded good result. > > Changing the heat exchanger pencil zinc on my Universal 25XPB is usually a > 5-10 minute job every couple months. This time the zinc stuck in the nipple. > Access is difficult with only 3 inches so their is no room to tap with > "special tool alpha (hammer). Decided to pull the end cap and see if I could > grab it and pull it out with pliers. Nope! None of it sticking up. > > While the end cap was off I thought it would be a good idea to look at the > tubes. Mirror on a stick showed a couple pieces of zinc and a couple tubes > scaled up. Double crap! > > Compass Marine has a page documenting pieces of zincs plugging Westerbeke and > Universal exchangers. Worth a look. > > Spent an hour or so with a pick chipping scale. Access is bad with a scupper > hose and bulkhead limiting room. Managed to remove most of the scale and > flush the scale and zinc pieces out. Not totally clean but much better. Last > trip out the engine was running about 10 F hot. The scale may have > contributed. > > So now back to the original problem, the zinc piece stuck in the nipple. > Couldn't get any leverage to push or tap it out. I finally took the zinc cap > (the plug that the zinc screws into) and put a pan head screw in it. Managed > to catch a couple threads, tightened it and used the screw to force the zinc > piece up into the exchanger. Removed it, reinstalled end caps and new zinc. > Engine runs on temp now. > > Beer time! > > Probably need to acid clean the exchanger when the boat gets back to home > slip in a couple months. > > Dennis C. > Touché 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
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