I'm now in Norfolk. I had problems posting my trip on my web site, so I'm going to relate some experiences I've had on the way up.
I have had a problem with engine temps increasing with the engine speed. This is the same engine Skip is using the Perkins 4.154. In 8 years I've experienced the same problem. Recently I replaced the heat exchanger because it had rotted away. I thought that might help. I had replaced the recirculating pump for another reason. I figured most everything was OK but I was still suffering from overheating at high engine speeds. The raw water pump had been replaced in 1998 by the previous owner so I thought it was OK. I also replaced the impeller in the raw water pump, but it still was overheating. While we were in Beautfort, SC. I took off the raw water pump to inspect the impeller since I hadn't done so before we left and all seemed fine. I forgot to turn the water back on and ruined the pump and had to order a new one. After installing the new one the engine temp came back to normal or below even at max rpms. It's been fine in the 50+ hours since. I have no idea why the pump was faulty since I had replaced the impeller in the past and had not improved the situation. Just fyi. Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
