Dave,

The truth be known, genius here 2 or 3 years ago took the old filter out and it had pretty much had been disintegrated....not having a new Yanmar air filter, but the old metal ring, I took a piece of a sponge and cut it to fit into the metal ring and thought it was all O.K.   The sponge will filter the air.    Right?

Well no, it did work for a while but a genuine Yanmar air filter works better.....as I found out.

There, I confessed....it was me that caused the problem.   The new Yanmar air filter cost $45 here which seems like a lot for a simple device.  But $45 is not a lot when the pain, angst, and disruption of one's sailing season is in jeopardy.

Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - #277
Halifax, N.S.

On 2022-06-29 2:06 p.m., Dave S via CnC-List wrote:
Good to hear.   How the heck did the old one get that clogged?   Bad decade for mosquitoes?

Dave



On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 22:19, Robert Abbott via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:


    While I awaited another day for a marine mechanic to get around to
    addressing my engine problem, while on the boat today, I thought of
    something.    I had a new Yanmar air filter on the boat which I
    got last
    year, which I thought what harm could a new air filter
    do....changed out
    the old one and replaced with new one, and guess what, in neutral,
    the
    engine revived up to 3,400 before i stopped....ran the engine in
    forward
    gear at the slip for another 20 minutes.... shut the engine
    off...started again...revved up and down....engine works as it should.

    The problem was a lack of air....explains where the smoke was coming
    from....incomplete combustion...now, with the new air filter, no
    smoke.

    Thanks to everyone for thoughts/possibilities of what might be the
    cause
    of my engine issue.

    Going for a sail tomorrow.

    Rob Abbott
    AZURA
    C&C 32 - #277
    Halifax, N.S.

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