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.
