The rust is normal and the pitting does not look terrible. The exhaust housing is made from cast iron so it will start the rust the second you stop cleaning it unless you coat it with something. I

I think i found the cause of the corrosion on the turbo. this is the picture of our old exhaust elbow. we had replaced I think sea water was spraying in onto the inside of the turbo housing

Rob, while you have the Turbo off, You might paint it with automotive exhaust header paint. Once it is heated up it cured and you will never have a rusty turbo. Fair Winds, Eric SM 376

Rob, The mostconcerning part of this picture is the fan. The fan should be clean and youshould be able to flick it with your fingertip and watch it spin. If it doesn’tspin freely, the problem

My wife and I are former SM owners who miss the life and our Amel. We have been shopping for 50 foot plus boat for several months and nothing comes close to our Amel. We're interested in late model

My "middle aged" A54 has the front cover that you guys reference. I drilled a few additional holes in the bottom of the rest of the cover. The original Amel setup has one small hole and when I opened

HI Barry, The trick is to buy an off the shelf small pulley. I think that Leece-Neville only do the one I bought, because I looked at the Pulley options on their website. The shaft on the 175 A

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Thank you Nick, This is excellent information. Early 2019 I had my engine serviced at Marina de Ragusa in Sicily, the technicians told me the pulleys were wrong. I didn’t want to try and replace the

Hi fellow Amel owners. I have never been happy with the Leece-Neville 24v 175A alternator set up on Amelia presumably as supplied by Amel. Namely a double V belt pulley of 230mm diameter driving a

The previous owner of Nunky replaced the boards with Flexi Teak and it looks great. I am back at the boat next week so I will take some photos of what he did. I will also measure it. -- Mark & Nicky

Hi Mark, It is the fuel line that runs from the fuel shut off valve along the side of the fuel tank to the first filter. Thanks -- Mark & Nicky Barter S/V Nunky SM 110

No i clean the Turbo make nwe seals and it works perfekt Elja SM Balu 222 Von meinem iPhone gesendet

This is how mine is, just some corrosion at the valve, have decided to put it back and ser if it works now after cleaning, else buy a new one. Paul on sykerpa SM 259

Hi Alan, Here are a couple of pictures of ours, if it can help. The wheels were changed by me and are not original (couldn’t find them). Not on the boat at the moment, so cannot take dimensions.

Thanks Dave, That would be great ! No rush, I'm not going anywhere for a while ! Look forward to the photos and drawing. Cheers Alan ELYSE SM437

Thanks Danny, I'll let you know. Alan

The Amel "C" drive design presents a novel marine engine mount configuration, namely, there is absolutely no thrust component and the mounts are not fastened to the engine! Conventional "factory spec"

yes i have the tamd pb

Hello Rob I remember this video about turbo. It might Help ... There are 4 videos on the subject. https://youtu.be/43_WfBTbuH0 Alain Envoyé de mon iPhone