SurabyaKid
Member III
After reading the thread on the engine zinc being located in the heat exchanger, I decided to look at mine as I had not done it in the two years I have had the boat.....and then the trouble began.
I had just finished running the engine and noticed for the first time a drip coming from the raw water intake nipple. I suspected the hose & clamp at first, but the water appears to be coming from the nipple to shell joint. It is not much...about one drip every 5 seconds.
I'm tempted to replace the whole thing...Torreson quoted $313 for an OEM replacement from Seakamp. Another alternative is to pull it, inspect, repair if possible (braze the leak) and replace the zinc.
I have a strong suspicion that the HE has probably never been maintained (as mentioned in the HE zinc thread). So I'd like to throw it out there for advice? FYI, the engine is a 1988 M-12 with 669 hours. It is clean with no other drips/problems and is in generally good shape and appears to have been well maintained except for the HE.
Thanks in advance for the tips.
Pat
E26->"Pronto"
I had just finished running the engine and noticed for the first time a drip coming from the raw water intake nipple. I suspected the hose & clamp at first, but the water appears to be coming from the nipple to shell joint. It is not much...about one drip every 5 seconds.
I'm tempted to replace the whole thing...Torreson quoted $313 for an OEM replacement from Seakamp. Another alternative is to pull it, inspect, repair if possible (braze the leak) and replace the zinc.
I have a strong suspicion that the HE has probably never been maintained (as mentioned in the HE zinc thread). So I'd like to throw it out there for advice? FYI, the engine is a 1988 M-12 with 669 hours. It is clean with no other drips/problems and is in generally good shape and appears to have been well maintained except for the HE.
Thanks in advance for the tips.
Pat
E26->"Pronto"