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Forum: Cooling System

07-12-2023, 01:55 AM

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Oberdorfer Replacement

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Posted By Browntrout

Oberdorfer Replacement

I was bragging at dinner the other night, to my inlaws, about how I had really gotten the A4 figured out. I have begun to like and admire them (the engines, not my my mother-in-law). This incident...

Forum: General Maintenance

10-05-2022, 02:12 AM

Replies: 5

Some encouraging maintenance

Views: 1,195

Posted By Browntrout

Thanks for info

I will contemplate the above. We have some additional clues on the gas smell which i would like to add tomorrow when I have time. Thanks in advance.

Forum: General Maintenance

09-29-2022, 05:47 PM

Replies: 5

Some encouraging maintenance

Views: 1,195

Posted By Browntrout

Second Question

Regarding my exhaust, what maintenance should I watch for on this set up? I note there is a drain plug on the bottom of the canister. Should this be drained periodically, or every trip, or...? ...

Forum: General Maintenance

09-29-2022, 05:38 PM

Replies: 5

Some encouraging maintenance

Views: 1,195

Posted By Browntrout

Some encouraging maintenance

I have now had our BP Ilsander 28 hauled out for a bottom job that included new gland stuffing and a new prop with zincs. When we bought the boat it had right at 800 hours on the engine, and now we...

Forum: General Interest

09-12-2022, 02:40 PM

Replies: 5

Engine quit; appears to be related to fuel

Views: 1,190

Posted By Browntrout

Thank you for that response with the coil. Is...

Thank you for that response with the coil. Is there a way to test that? Our issue is this has only happened one time. As an after thought, after you posted your remarks yesterday, we took apart...

Forum: General Interest

09-11-2022, 05:22 PM

Replies: 5

Engine quit; appears to be related to fuel

Views: 1,190

Posted By Browntrout

Here is why we think it is the fuel line: ...

Here is why we think it is the fuel line: because we have no electric issues and by keeping the fuel up almost to full, it hasn't happened again. Hardly a foolproof method. We are only going on...

Forum: General Interest

09-11-2022, 01:43 AM

Replies: 5

Engine quit; appears to be related to fuel

Views: 1,190

Posted By Browntrout

Engine quit; appears to be related to fuel

We have an Islander 28 and sail in the Bay Area. This means that we deal with some heavy currents and winds, maybe every time out for some amount of time. We have had the boat about two months, and...

Forum: General Maintenance

07-19-2022, 10:08 PM

Replies: 7

Pig in a poke

Views: 1,622

Posted By Browntrout

Thanks for the helpful post about the stuffing...

Thanks for the helpful post about the stuffing box. I will be at the boat tomorrow afternoon/evening and check for dripping. I had no leakage sitting at all--but we really tested the engine and...

Forum: General Maintenance

07-19-2022, 02:58 PM

Replies: 7

Pig in a poke

Views: 1,622

Posted By Browntrout

78 Islander 28. So far, the boat has been...

78 Islander 28. So far, the boat has been fantastic. I took a real risk on this purchase. Have a small stuffing box leak (one drip per 20 seconds) and MIGHT be dripping after boat is sitting. ...

Forum: General Maintenance

07-15-2022, 01:43 PM

Replies: 7

Pig in a poke

Views: 1,622

Posted By Browntrout

Thanks much. Since I can't get a diver for two...

Thanks much. Since I can't get a diver for two weeks I am winging it, as I did opening the miserable water intake. I understand from reading that the photo shows a heat exchanger, I believe. Can...

Forum: General Maintenance

07-15-2022, 11:26 AM

Replies: 7

Pig in a poke

Views: 1,622

Posted By Browntrout

Pig in a poke

My wife and I came across a Bob Perry Islander that was owned by a senior citizen who came to the last stretch of highway and had to get rid of it. We bought it from a flipper who knew nothing...

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