I am glad my suggestion might help; I used an air horn. It puts out a lot more pressure. The filter that Amel puts at the outlet inside of the fuel tank is an odd place to put a filter. Fair

Matt, Kudos for sharing this. Safety shortcuts are so easy to fall into and you posting this, from a super competent person, is a sobering message to all of us. I am curious, though, as to just how

I don't typically jump in on many stories but this one in particular made me want to say thank you. I'm sorry your lesson for us came at such a cost. I'm glad you are healing and that you shared the

Matt, I am so sorry to hear your story and so happy that you have recovered. I really appreciate you sharing your story. Very humbling. Of course, like most of us, I pushed things to the limits many,

Matt, Thank you very much for posting this. It is very important for all of us to take a few seconds to remind ourselves of the need for safety. I grimace from my own imagined pain every time I think

As some of you are aware, back in February I gutted the NMEA0183 network and instruments on Talia, and replaced them with a new set of B&G NMEA2K kit. The project took me 2 weeks, and was a great

Hello I've just seen your email on the main Amel forum. I have a SM and am very keen to learn more on how / where you have installed all the heating system? Kind regards Rob S/Y FORESIGHT SM#152

For what it’s worth I also think its a clogged exhaust elbow. Easy to remove and clean. Very similar symptoms on our Onan: steam but caught it before the shutdown scenarios started. There’s

High Barry, I was just wondering about your project to change the pulley on the 24v Leece Neville alternator to a micro v type. Have you done it and if so how is it going? I still have not been back

Based on the temperatures you gave I am convinced the white smoke is steam. Here is another photo showing how carbon can build up in the exhaust manifold and exhaust elbow. And even though the

I can never remember what white, blue or black smoke mean. Here's a good refresher from a Steve D'Angelo article last year in Cruising World. "White smoke from a marine diesel engine is one of the

I doubt it is the thermostat because of the temperatures you have.

Slavko, As you just changed impeller another possibility is that some impeller fin or something else get stacked and omit normal sea water flow. -- Vladan A54 #157 PAME

Slavko, Unlikely, but, sure, a bad thermostat could cause the problem. You might try removing the thermostat and either test it in a pan of water on the stove or run the set without the thermostat

Slavko, White smoke means there is no sea water flow. Once you fix sea water flow you will need to change impeller as it's burned now without sea water. Happened to me same with engine. -- Vladan A54

Thank you. Impeller is new. Replaced two hours ago. Bad thermostat would not cause this type of problems? I am little confused as generator worked fine before maintenance few hours ago. Water is

Eric , I bought the one you have the link to , the Tsurumi pump and it is 120v ,which I will run off my inverter . The 45 gal./minute I quoted is from their chart at a 7 ft. head pressure. Not sure

The operating temperature (oil) should be about 80C and the exhaust elbow about 50C. The issue is that you are not getting enough saltwater through the heat exchanger. The causes are multiple, but

Here is how is done on Bonne Anse. -- Slavko SM 2000 #279 Bonne Anse in Portoroz

Hi Bill, I have a problem with generator overheating (106 dC) coolant temperature . Sea water exhaust temperature up to 80 dC. Have checked impeller (it is new) , new oil, fuel filters, new oil.