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HM Coast Guard
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Indeed. With a dead engine, lack of wind and the current slowly drifting us onto rocks at the weekend, we called the coastguard just to...
Today at 14:05
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Get my engine running again - dealing with the emulsified oil
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Yes, it is raw water cooled.
Today at 14:00
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I would add, as you wont be running the engine for long, would consider disconnecting its cooling water, along with putting light oil...
Today at 13:39
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Get my engine running again - dealing with the emulsified oil
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Yes, I was planning on draining any remaining coolant and making sure the inlet turned off, let’s not make things any worse! It has a...
Today at 13:39
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Replacing standing rigging, wasn't expecting this and some mast advice.
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We had a similar arrangement on our previous boat, a little Pegasus 700. The cap shrouds had a talurit eye in the end and were just...
Today at 11:35
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Get my engine running again - dealing with the emulsified oil
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So something like a cheap semi-synthetic 5w-xx would be fine for this, given the recommended oil is a mineral 15-40 and I can't find a...
Today at 08:02
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VP 2003 - what have I broken?
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Unfortunately, its my nature (fool that I am) that I have to at least try to fix it and tbh, although we hjve only had the boat for a...
Today at 07:37
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Removing the emulsified oil... this is one of the first things I assume I should do to prevent any corrosion occuring intenrally given...
Today at 07:28
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The 200x series are very straightforward engines, and the only realistic pathways for water to get into the oil are the cylinder head...
Today at 07:20
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Sad sight
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Yes, just outside Pill Creek.
Yesterday at 22:20
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Before you take the cylinder head nuts off, check the torques - this might give you a clue as to why the gasket failed.
Yesterday at 21:41
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One step at a time, take some pictures before you remove bits, You will then know where to put them back! If you can get some sort of...
Yesterday at 21:41
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It was pretty nasty down here in the Fal today, a 30knot+ southerly blowing straight up. I got a call from the yard guy to say he had...
Yesterday at 21:28
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VP 2003 - what have I broken?
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Ha! It only happened yesterday. As it turns out those parts are the ‘govenor’ weights. There are six of them and they are separate...
Yesterday at 21:21
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Just to encourage you, I'm no mechanical wizard and my wife and I successfully did a top-end service on our VP 2003 a few years ago. As...
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