Recent content by FLokiDk

Hey , im moving registration of the boat, and they are pretty insistant on getting the serial number of the engine. i have an ericson 38 from 82 with its original universal atomic 5432 engine. but the metal plate on the top is impossible to read teh letters from. is there any other source i...

I went through the whole ciruit of the starter/solenoid. Checked engines 'griund... Which as I see it I just how it is bolted to 'hull'/metal structure supporting floors n engine. Did minimal cleaning of where engine is bolted with wd40 and wirebrush. Multimeter showed all good, buy i did not...

I'll go over the thick cables. We ran into yet another problem, outboard wouldn't start... It seems to work now even though it's one of those 'i have no clue why' moments.. anyway, battery for starter was installed seperatly 3 months ago to give us trust in running the starter, so it is most...

The entire raw water system has been checked , cleaned or replaced parts. This works great. But I think it might be a stuck thermostat, gonna try a run without to see if there is a big change just idling. If not it must be the coolant pump I think. The most annoying thing is... In the middle...

Another update... Would appreciate comments on handling the trapped especially. Here goes: Latest update, nothing changed... But, I did press down a hose that had one loop before going into the heatexchanger, where the loop/coil rised higher than the exit of the coolant resovoir... I pressed it...

Water flow is good, it's a very thin mist disapearing on the air after 2 meters.

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Overheating temp is when we saw damp from engine around 200. It seems to come from the hose attached at the very top if block as a pressure relieve thing I guess since it's open ended. I read the two links, today we will test it again, and then look at freshwater pump/thermostat if we can find...

I'm in the Caribbean, any idea where The water heater is removed. I had the heatexchanger sit in vineger over night, flushed with water with baking soda, and rinsed in fresh water ... It was very clean, new anode installed. The water comming our looks the same, I will compare more specific once...

Bleeding the lines would be loosening in one end and keeping rest of hose below for the bubble to come out there?

We out in 10 micron, but thanks for the info, would never have thought of that

Update, elbow was very clean, this is a bit strange. I'm going to check the coolant pump, freshwater pump I think it's called, maybe the coolant is even circulated properly I thought I had a spare gasket for the connection between elbow and engine/exhaust. But it was the wrong one. Is there a...

I ran into overheating issues lately after changing oil and filters. It started after pushing the engine a bit more than normal for 20 min, but never had any issues before that So I started going through stuff. . - seacock check from outside, removed blocking barnicle... Didn't change anything...