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Oil in the bilge.
In an earlier post I described a major overheat on the season's maiden voyage. I never found the reason, left the t-stat out and she's been running fine since except for one big problem. When well warmed up, oil makes it's way to the bilge in quantity. I motored the Intra Coastal Waterway here in NJ from Pt Pleasant to Great Bay at the mouth of the Mullica River yesterday. Halfway there the oil pressure had dropped to below 20. Add 3 quarts of oil. Get to my destination, add 2 more quarts. Look in the bilge and there it all is. Could the overheat have toasted something? Seems quite probable. Additional note: I have a dripless "stuffing box" and had to disassemble and reassemble to replace the cutless. Could this have caused an alignment problem and subsequent rapid deterioration of the rear seal? There is a flexible coupling installed. If it is the seal, is it an in house repair or does the engine need to come out?
Doug Soden
ASPEN C29 #131
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