We surveyed a boat we are looking to buy yesterday and the following issue popped up. The boat had been laid up for about 9 months or so on the hard and did the following when we got her going. 2003 Westerbeke 27 hp with a little over 300 hours on it.
1. Rough idle. It actually stalled on us in gear at idle when bringing her back into dock slow. Not good timing!
2. Seemed to run relatively well at full throttle and under load.
3. Smokes some while running.Gray smoke best I can tell (surveyor thought maybe blue but i thought more gray hard to tell) and smells like diesel.
4. Slight Sheen on the water like diesel coming out in exhaust?
5. Temperature at one injector cooler Than other two (200 vs 280).
Surveyor thinks this is probably a clogged injector that needs to be cleaned or replaced. Does this sound like the likely culprit? If not, could anything else be going on. Need to figure out if this is a deal killer.
Thanks!
1. Rough idle. It actually stalled on us in gear at idle when bringing her back into dock slow. Not good timing!
2. Seemed to run relatively well at full throttle and under load.
3. Smokes some while running.Gray smoke best I can tell (surveyor thought maybe blue but i thought more gray hard to tell) and smells like diesel.
4. Slight Sheen on the water like diesel coming out in exhaust?
5. Temperature at one injector cooler Than other two (200 vs 280).
Surveyor thinks this is probably a clogged injector that needs to be cleaned or replaced. Does this sound like the likely culprit? If not, could anything else be going on. Need to figure out if this is a deal killer.
Thanks!