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A discussion with the Guru himself... Don Moyer!

Good morning to all Afourians!

Just got off the phone with Don... what a fabulous man, he is simply a wealth of information and advice.

The issue... a broken set pin on my forward pressure plate. After clarifying a few questions on my photo provided to him he was able to come up with the solution to fix my pressure plate without tearing apart my gearbox.

As well a suggestion to address my excessive smoke caused by the engine blow by... I'm heading to my slip and I should have all the things addressed by dinner tonight.

Again Don... I do thank you for taking the time to advise me and for all your help this morning, it is very much appreciated!!

Cheers and safe travels!

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Mine did that as well, probably half as much as yours, i was still able to use the bolt. it is not really how i want it so I am looking forward to your fix. Thanks for posting a Pic. i couldnt figure out how.
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"As well a suggestion to address my excessive smoke caused by the engine blow by..."

Please share.....?
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"As well a suggestion to address my excessive smoke caused by the engine blow by..."

Please share.....?

Hi Marty..

My smoke problem I believe is mostly caused by this add on oil vent cap on my gearbox cover plate.

I had a new gearbox cover plate made by water jet cut so as to not to distort the steel plate and matching exactly the locations for the 4 bolt throughs. Everything except the crazy vent cap.

I don't know why the previous owner had it installed in the first place.

As a result... There is hardly any to no smoke in the cabin, I smell it more at the back of thru hull exhaust and only if she has been sitting for a while. But it usually clears up after 10 ins of running.

Next up, I am looking into installing the Indigo PVC valve... to the further reduce any oily smoke.

I can't do much about the oil filler cap at the front of the engine... But it certainly smells a lot better and my CO2 sensor isn't going off every 5 mins!!! In fact hasn't gone off at all since I installed the new cover plate.

Hope this helps you Marty.

Cheers,
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You've got a vee drive, just like mine.

The point of that oil cap, which is standard on vee drive installations, is...uh...to allow you to put oil into the engine. Do you have good access to the fill cap on the other side of the engine? I don't. But I don't have exhaust smells in the cabin, even with this fill cap setup. It does sometimes drip tiny amounts of oil.
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You've got a vee drive, just like mine.

The point of that oil cap, which is standard on vee drive installations, is...uh...to allow you to put oil into the engine. Do you have good access to the fill cap on the other side of the engine? I don't. But I don't have exhaust smells in the cabin, even with this fill cap setup. It does sometimes drip tiny amounts of oil.
Hello Tenders..

Are you serious!!????!

Well your comment came a little late.. the original plate is now at the local re-cycling depot.

If that is the case I have two choices...

1) crawl thru the lazaret to re-fill the oil on changes and top ups or...

2) Add a section of 2" black pipe that is welded on with a screw on end cap.

Either way the oil smell is mostly gone and/or greatly reduced... I can actually enjoy the cabin now while underway and not have this thick smog of smoke in the cabin.

It takes me an hour and a half to travel to open waters before I can raise sail for the Gulf Islands... I think, I'll try it for a while and see how it works under a full day of cruising.

Thank you for you'r suggestion... it is much appreciated.


Cheers.

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Mine did that as well, probably half as much as yours, i was still able to use the bolt. it is not really how i want it so I am looking forward to your fix. Thanks for posting a Pic. i couldnt figure out how.
Sorry for the delay in response.... I was able to fish out the original set bolt out of the oil pan, by use of a magnet.

Found the missing part of the pressure plate.. all 2 pieces totally accounted for.
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