gary_torello
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"Hi Everyone!
Here's my
"Hi Everyone!
Here's my tale of distress: Bought a gorgeous old Luhrs with twin 318 v-drives (sea water cooled) .. and it's been running great. However, last night in the dark we ran aground pretty good and a kindly passerby helped us pull off the mud... and I think I've completely ruined one engine!
Here's what happened: After getting ungrounded- tried to run a bit and the port engine gets hot (gage says about 200) and is kind of "chugging". Also getting some excessive vibration.
SOoo... Running at only about 1100 rpm it calms down to around 160 and we limp home like that for about an hour. Used both engines to dock and then shut them down.
After getting everyone off, I then open the compartment and restart it... chugs a bit and stalls.. try to start again- it's locked up!
Here's what I know:
After docking & shutting down, the stbd manifold felt a bit hotter than the port, but not extremely hot (could still put my palm on it).
No sign of water in the oil.
So my friends.. Where do I start? I'm *thinking* that I sucked in some mud and clogged something.. maybe burned out a piston. I may also have done some prop/strut damage, but I hope not. Grounding was at low speed.
I have to figure this out and do the repairs myself because I'm up to hock already just buying the boat.. and I'm TOTALLY bummed out today thinking I've just totally destroyed it.
ANY help appreciated!
If it helps at all, boat pics (including engine pics) taken a couple of months ago are here:
http://www.qgm.com/gary/carpathia
Thanks in advance!!
Gary"
Here's my
"Hi Everyone!
Here's my tale of distress: Bought a gorgeous old Luhrs with twin 318 v-drives (sea water cooled) .. and it's been running great. However, last night in the dark we ran aground pretty good and a kindly passerby helped us pull off the mud... and I think I've completely ruined one engine!
Here's what happened: After getting ungrounded- tried to run a bit and the port engine gets hot (gage says about 200) and is kind of "chugging". Also getting some excessive vibration.
SOoo... Running at only about 1100 rpm it calms down to around 160 and we limp home like that for about an hour. Used both engines to dock and then shut them down.
After getting everyone off, I then open the compartment and restart it... chugs a bit and stalls.. try to start again- it's locked up!
Here's what I know:
After docking & shutting down, the stbd manifold felt a bit hotter than the port, but not extremely hot (could still put my palm on it).
No sign of water in the oil.
So my friends.. Where do I start? I'm *thinking* that I sucked in some mud and clogged something.. maybe burned out a piston. I may also have done some prop/strut damage, but I hope not. Grounding was at low speed.
I have to figure this out and do the repairs myself because I'm up to hock already just buying the boat.. and I'm TOTALLY bummed out today thinking I've just totally destroyed it.
ANY help appreciated!
If it helps at all, boat pics (including engine pics) taken a couple of months ago are here:
http://www.qgm.com/gary/carpathia
Thanks in advance!!
Gary"