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What is the best way to inspect the exhaust pipe? Two other Atomic 4's of similar vintage ('73) in the club have reeled from the mess of a the blow out of an exhaust system component in the 2 last years. They lost 2 weeks of northen boatings' prime time plus made an ugly soot mess of their interiors due to a lack of preventitive maintenance.
My original water lifter's intake hose is removed annually, the (original) lifter is pumped out; and there is always rusted filings/sediment in the bottom of the lifter. The walls of the intake lifter sound solid when tapped and are clean (looks like s/s to me). Also I drain the A-4 water for the winter rather than inject anti-freeze so the sediment may be from a light rusting every winter.
The exhaust pipe from the manifold to water intake is wrapped in asbestos. How should I inspect it? What do I look for and how do I proceed?
There is no maintenance record prior to 2001 on the engine. It was rebuilt in 1995 - 2001, has perfect compression and has a newer water injection pipe to the exhaust. Am I too agressive to inspect this area now? How, and how often should this inspection be done?
John, Weather or Not
C & C 27 - 1973
My original water lifter's intake hose is removed annually, the (original) lifter is pumped out; and there is always rusted filings/sediment in the bottom of the lifter. The walls of the intake lifter sound solid when tapped and are clean (looks like s/s to me). Also I drain the A-4 water for the winter rather than inject anti-freeze so the sediment may be from a light rusting every winter.
The exhaust pipe from the manifold to water intake is wrapped in asbestos. How should I inspect it? What do I look for and how do I proceed?
There is no maintenance record prior to 2001 on the engine. It was rebuilt in 1995 - 2001, has perfect compression and has a newer water injection pipe to the exhaust. Am I too agressive to inspect this area now? How, and how often should this inspection be done?
John, Weather or Not
C & C 27 - 1973
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