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Originally Posted by marinoinPV
hello everybody
since first time i had problem and thanks to people here had fixed i have been enjoying my stay in my Catalina and doing lot of sailing in the bay of Banderas,but now i have problem. Water stopped coming out of the exaust. I trace the water intake and i opened the oberdorfer pump and the impeller is fine but i a gasket is missing and some (a bit ) water is leaking ,could this be the problem or i have to go further and open the heat exchanger which frankly im not sure how it works. pls if someone can shed a bit of info or some diagrams of the engine i will be much obliged!
Respect
Marino |
Marino,
By "oberdorfer
pump" are you referring to the raw water
pump (i.e. the one that pulls water from outside the boat and pushes it through the heat exchanger)?
If the gasket to your raw water
pump is missing, and the
pump is dripping, then I would suspect the
pump is sucking air due to the bad seal from the missing/worn gasket. If any air is being sucked in at the
pump, it will lose suction and not draw the raw water in. My advice would be to replace the gasket as a first step, to stop the leak and seal the
pump so it won't pull any air in. Then move on to the other suggestions above. Good luck.