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Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 07-27-2011
Replies: 7
Views: 1,628
Posted By ctlow
Yanmar YM oil pressure alarm failure

The latest is that I jiggled everything I could find both on the engine block and on the back of the instrument panel, and nothing worked to restore the alarm.

The next day, however, and ever...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 07-07-2011
Replies: 7
Views: 1,628
Posted By ctlow
Yanmar YM oil pressure alarm failure

Hello, saillife.

It simply started working again, and I have neglected to check into it. My bad. I had better have a look at the panel wiring - that alarm is a critical component.

Thanks for...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-19-2011
Replies: 19
Views: 2,481
Posted By ctlow
Thanks, PDQAltair and others. The Racor...

Thanks, PDQAltair and others.

The Racor Diesel Fuel Conditioner Plus+ wasn't tested by the link provided a few messages up, but is available to me nearby, looks like it does all the right things,...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-18-2011
Replies: 19
Views: 2,481
Posted By ctlow
Thanks to all who replied. Very helpful. It...

Thanks to all who replied. Very helpful. It seems, for example, that two Racor products would do to fulfill all three functions: their biocide, and their diesel fuel conditioner. We don't seem to...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-12-2011
Replies: 19
Views: 2,481
Posted By ctlow
Thanks, Minnewaska and Dabnis. In the...

Thanks, Minnewaska and Dabnis.

In the meantime, I've been reading around, and have found any opinion that one might wish. The marina where I bought the engine said to use pretty well every type of...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-12-2011
Replies: 19
Views: 2,481
Posted By ctlow
Diesel fuel treatment

I'm starting year three with a Yanmar 3YM20 - love it, of course.

As well as changing the oil and filter, changing the tranny fluid, changing the impeller (that's another story, premature...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-11-2011
Replies: 3
Views: 1,239
Posted By ctlow
Thank you both. Will have to review with...

Thank you both. Will have to review with mechanic. Getting underneath my engine would be more than difficult (although I hear they have these things called "mirrors" for places like that ...)
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-11-2011
Replies: 7
Views: 1,628
Posted By ctlow
All very helpful. Will investigate and hope to...

All very helpful. Will investigate and hope to report back. Thanks to all.
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-09-2011
Replies: 7
Views: 1,628
Posted By ctlow
Yanmar YM oil pressure alarm failure

The other day my oil pressure alarm failed. This is when starting and stopping the engine, the light should come on and the audible whistle activate.

I had this on a charter sailboat recently,...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 06-09-2011
Replies: 3
Views: 1,239
Posted By ctlow
Yanmar YM coolant leak

I'm starting season 3 with a Yanmar 3YM20, and it leaks coolant. There's always a little under the engine, but a tiny top-up twice a season has seemed plenty.

I changed the coolant the other day,...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 05-23-2011
Replies: 13
Views: 3,155
Posted By ctlow
Thank you pdqaltair and paulk. All excellent...

Thank you pdqaltair and paulk.

All excellent observations and I'm still working on this.

I have removed the snap shackle between the jib halyard and the upper part of the furler. (Hated wasting...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 05-20-2011
Replies: 13
Views: 3,155
Posted By ctlow
Thank you all. Great ideas. The Harken furling...

Thank you all. Great ideas. The Harken furling manual - and it's so old that it comes as poorly type-written sheets, stapled together - does refer to an extra block if required to get the correct jib...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 05-19-2011
Replies: 13
Views: 3,155
Posted By ctlow
halyard shackle letting go, spinnaker halyard interference

Twice now, on a high mast ("P" over 38'), I've had the foresail halyard shackle let go, crashing the foresail down onto the deck and into the water, and losing the foresail halyard, the shackle...
Forum: Electrical Systems 05-03-2011
Replies: 13
Views: 2,246
Posted By ctlow
sealing mast electrical connectors Reply to Thread

Thank you Minnewaska and hellosailor.

Very helpful.

One of the in-mast connectors was a trailer connector initially, but it had failed and I replaced it "as advised" by a marina. I can see how...
Forum: Electrical Systems 04-29-2011
Replies: 13
Views: 2,246
Posted By ctlow
Thanks again, HS. For this season - and...

Thanks again, HS.

For this season - and having bought these from a reputable marina with advice from "expert" staff - I'm stuck with these:

http://www.boatdocking.com/MastConnectorIMG_0135.jpg...
Forum: Electrical Systems 04-24-2011
Replies: 13
Views: 2,246
Posted By ctlow
Thanks, very much, HS. Perfect. I have used one...

Thanks, very much, HS. Perfect. I have used one of those high-tech tapes before, supplied to me in fact on the spot by an electrical engineer - but he just did the "seam", not the entire connector...
Forum: Electrical Systems 04-23-2011
Replies: 13
Views: 2,246
Posted By ctlow
Cool sealing mast electrical connectors

Hi. New here. I have searched but not found quite this answer.

My wind instruments aren't working, but have been factory-checked, and I've checked each segment of the wiring with a digital...
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