Thanks David for brightening my day:) Seriously though I do need to look at the thermostat but it appears I have good flow coming out the exhaust.
--- In [email protected], David Savlin <dsav...@...> wrote: > > Hi Doug -- if there were no vanes left on the water pump impeller, that > probably means they broke off and have been pumped into the heat exchanger, > where they can block the flow and cause overheating. There have been other > messages in the past on this (as you guessed) so I will simply say that > others have written about taking the end cap off their heat exchanger and > fishing out the bits of impeller -- and doing a descaling / cleaning while > they were at it. > > Best wishes, > > David > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Doug <dj2...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm sure this has been discussed in the pass but new to me. I've had a > > series of little problems with my Atomic 4 that I'm happy to say it is > > running again, for now. > > > > The first was the engine not turning over which I thought was the battery > > not being charged. Turns out the starter solenoid was the culprit. Fixed by > > (i believe) rotating the battery connection at the solenoid. Eventually I > > will replace it with the new spare. > > > > The second was engine quitting while trying to return to slip. The electric > > fuel pump just kept running indicating no fuel. When I finally got back to > > the slip I disconnected every thing and thinking the pump was bad took it > > off too. Did I mention I don't like gas? Managed to get gas on me and the > > boat. I took out the fill tube, valve out of the tank to see if that was > > clogged. Contacting Moyer Marine for a fuel pump purchase I was told that > > the pump was probably good and that there was a siphon break so place. The > > only thing I found was the check valve (anti-siphon valve) might have been > > stuck. Everything went back together and it worked great. > > > > The third thing was looking over the stern and realizing no water coming > > out of the exhaust. So off came the water pump back plate. Sure enough there > > were no vanes left on the impeller. Lucky for me the previous owner had a > > spare new Barco. Looks a little different but seams to work. > > > > This all happened with in a week. It has been so hot in the afternoons I've > > had to go down at first light to do the work and then hightail it back to my > > job. Hopefully this will be all for awhile because as you all know working > > on an inboard on the C27 is a bear. > > > > > > >
