Fellow Afourians,
I am in need of your help.
So the pipe in pipe , jacketed exhaust on my 1974 Sabre 28-1 corroded and allowed water back into the engine.
This must have been long in the making but I didn't catch it.
I had the exhaust on the list for this winter, but I put it on the list too late, the engine has a lot of water in the oil now and at least for now it looks to me that I am in for an exchange engine. Oh boy.
So I started to look into rebuilding the exhaust with a water lift muffler etc.
It turns out that that will be extremely difficult on a Sabre 28.
Those of you familiar with the boat, know what I am talking about.
Complying to the requirements in terms of height between the parts in the system is not possible. Twisting my brain, looking at every small boat wet exhaust out there, and can't figure it out.
Later Sabre models 28-2 and 28-3 are supposed to have water lifts.
I have not yet seen one. Anybody out there who has a Sabre 28 with a water lift? Please send me images!
The other route I am contemplating now, is repairing or rebuilding the existing water jacket system. If new it does work very well, and I know it fits into the boat well. Yes, that will be more expensive, but I actually might have no other viable chance.
(Tartan style standpipe might be another option...)
Does anybody know how the pipes are running in the vertical part of the water jacket?
Much appreciated!
J.
I am in need of your help.
So the pipe in pipe , jacketed exhaust on my 1974 Sabre 28-1 corroded and allowed water back into the engine.
This must have been long in the making but I didn't catch it.
I had the exhaust on the list for this winter, but I put it on the list too late, the engine has a lot of water in the oil now and at least for now it looks to me that I am in for an exchange engine. Oh boy.
So I started to look into rebuilding the exhaust with a water lift muffler etc.
It turns out that that will be extremely difficult on a Sabre 28.
Those of you familiar with the boat, know what I am talking about.
Complying to the requirements in terms of height between the parts in the system is not possible. Twisting my brain, looking at every small boat wet exhaust out there, and can't figure it out.
Later Sabre models 28-2 and 28-3 are supposed to have water lifts.
I have not yet seen one. Anybody out there who has a Sabre 28 with a water lift? Please send me images!
The other route I am contemplating now, is repairing or rebuilding the existing water jacket system. If new it does work very well, and I know it fits into the boat well. Yes, that will be more expensive, but I actually might have no other viable chance.
(Tartan style standpipe might be another option...)
Does anybody know how the pipes are running in the vertical part of the water jacket?
Much appreciated!
J.
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