https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-GI38vE4hQ
In the first minute of the video you'll see my solution for high flow AND high efficiency air filter at a reasonable price...well maybe not reasonable - $48.98!!! AEM 21-2201DK DryFlow Air Filter https://a.co/d/i5pGWhj Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD Jun 29, 2022 16:52:12 CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List <[email protected]>: > Hey guys, > > A new air filter for my Universal M4-30 cost $17 and which seems expensive > for a simple ring of foam rubber sown like a bracelet. I removed the old oil > caked foam from the little screen and cleaned it up with solvent before > installing the new one and had to flatten the venturi to get a good fit. The > parts guy said it was more of a silencer than a filter. Anybody know of a > better air filter for a diesel engine like mine? > > Chuck Scheaffer Resolute 1989 C&C 34R > On 06/29/2022 2:10 PM Korbey Hunt via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good to know. Ill check my 30 hp Yanmar. Last sumner running at WOT for 1/2 > hour the motor shut down. It restarted easily and ran fine. I cleaned the > fuel strainer but found no issues. Ill replace the air filter. > > Get Outlook for Android[https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg] > ---------------------------------------- > *From:* Dave S via CnC-List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 29, 2022 10:06:46 AM > *To:* Stus-List <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Dave S <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Stus-List Re: Yanmar 2 GMF > > Good to hear. How the heck did the old one get that clogged? Bad decade > for mosquitoes? > > Dave > > > > On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 22:19, Robert Abbott via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > While I awaited another day for a marine mechanic to get around to > addressing my engine problem, while on the boat today, I thought of > something. I had a new Yanmar air filter on the boat which I got last > year, which I thought what harm could a new air filter do....changed out > the old one and replaced with new one, and guess what, in neutral, the > engine revived up to 3,400 before i stopped....ran the engine in forward > gear at the slip for another 20 minutes.... shut the engine > off...started again...revved up and down....engine works as it should. > > The problem was a lack of air....explains where the smoke was coming > from....incomplete combustion...now, with the new air filter, no smoke. > > Thanks to everyone for thoughts/possibilities of what might be the cause > of my engine issue. > > Going for a sail tomorrow. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - #277 > Halifax, N.S. >
