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Good evening,
I basically only use my engine as a back-up for when i come in and leave the dock, run it for about 15 minutes in neutral, and less than 2 min in forward. I have been doing this for the last year, and sometimes I don't even use forward at all. Fumes started to accumulate in my cabin after i run the engine (not while it's running) and when I returned to the boat each time i could smell gaslike fumes (this lasted for several months).
Two weeks ago I used my engine for 1 hr in forward. exhaust fumes could be smelled for a little while it was running, but stopped after 15 min or so.
To my surprise the nagging long lasting fumes were almost gone when I returned to the boat the following day.
Could it be that always driving the engine in neutral causes fumes, that do not get exhausted properly and linger in the cabin?
Thanks! I would like to know if i actually do damage to my engine by never use it in forward and always have it in neutral.
Jolanda
Ericson 29
San Francisco bay
I basically only use my engine as a back-up for when i come in and leave the dock, run it for about 15 minutes in neutral, and less than 2 min in forward. I have been doing this for the last year, and sometimes I don't even use forward at all. Fumes started to accumulate in my cabin after i run the engine (not while it's running) and when I returned to the boat each time i could smell gaslike fumes (this lasted for several months).
Two weeks ago I used my engine for 1 hr in forward. exhaust fumes could be smelled for a little while it was running, but stopped after 15 min or so.
To my surprise the nagging long lasting fumes were almost gone when I returned to the boat the following day.
Could it be that always driving the engine in neutral causes fumes, that do not get exhausted properly and linger in the cabin?
Thanks! I would like to know if i actually do damage to my engine by never use it in forward and always have it in neutral.
Jolanda
Ericson 29
San Francisco bay
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