A good technique I've used to clean out milky oil is, after the initial drain, refill with diesel oil, then run the engine in gear forward and reverse for a few minutes (feeding water to the engine

Hi Bill, Thank you for the diagram showing the way the seals should face, exactly correct. My old school Tunisia mechanic explained this to me in detail when I told him I know how after watching the

Hello Ruedi, I did have some slight milky color just after changing my seals a previous time. I don't think they seated properly right away. First I drained and cleaned our the reservoir well. Then

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Hi Ruedi, Wow, not again. So sorry to hear this! I replaced my seals in Tunisia last year and was very grateful to have the small length of pipe you gave me to ensure that the seals went in without

Thanks Eric! Much easier to read that the first fuzzy image you sent. Still haven’t been aboard to complete the troubleshooting but plan to do so later this month. Mike Ondra ALETSE SM#240

Hi, Here is a wiring diagram of the wiring of the 175 amp alternator. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Hello everyone, I'm curious what methods people use for installing and waterproofing the furler and outhaul motor cables into the mast. Our previous cables were secured and sealed into the mast with

Rudi, I agree with Craig and let me add one other point. If the seals or O ring on the wear bushing are allowing water to pass, I am sure that an increased vacuum will increase the water passing

Hi Rudi, I commented on this in post #47906, which you might want to read. I suggested that 2-3 months with emulsified water-oil will not cause a problem and show pictures of my pristine drive shaft

Dear AMEL Groupies Is there a way to dain (pump/sucking) out bad Oil from the C-Drive while the boat is in water? Recently (after 3 years) I got water ingress into the C-Drive. I cannot go out on

Hello Ahmet, My email is: uster at rocketmail dot com For the price: US$ 350 or 300 Euro each. As I mentioned, the 4 injectors are in Sint Maarten where I hope to be back to Mid November.

Hi Alexander, May I ask your email to confirm parts and price, Please Ahmet

I have been using that butyl tape over the boat for a few years. However, for this application I think I would use a polysulfide like boat life or something similar. I would not feel comfortable using

Interesting that the Delos crew seem not to know that Amel has always used a barrier coat inside the gelcoat such that blisters are not an issue. After sand-blasting, which may have compromised the

Hello James, After several Amelians suggested the use of Butyl Tape, and after a bit of research on the subject.... I am going to use the Butyl Tape. Though I am a bit worried about completely

SV Delos has a good video for measuring the sq footage of the SM2k bottom and they used 9 gal of primer "I think"for their bottom. Around 705sqft. One layer grey, one white, and another grey. Then

Yes you can see the unused holes, but it's really of no consequence

Hi Gary, No kit number, we had to measure. And they are different, some wheels like ours with alloy spokes, some have round stainless spokes, no sure if the diameters are the same. Cheers Alan Elyse

By a small amount I think all the dimensions were different enough to need a good accurate measurement. Sorry I can't remember more details. Should have written things down... JOEL F. POTTER CRUISING