Jose, This soundsvery typical of carbon buildup in the engine/exhaust. The carbon build up is aresult of the generator not having enough load for long periods. Using thegenerator to just charge

Mark and Mike This happens in the first 15-30 minutes running, after this is almost imperceptible. The model is an Onan 11 Kw with 1200 hours serviced at 1000 hours at s amel 55#003 But the

Orion, I have 10 years of total expenses posted on our circumnavigation blog at www.svbebe.com. Click on the COSTS tab. -- Best, Bill Rouse Yacht School 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX

Hi John are you staying at Brunswick landing Marina l miss the free beer! Cheers Courtney Trippin 54 #101 Grenada

I would check the mixing elbow for carbon build up. Take it off and chip out the build up. Then check the whole exhaust system. Pretty sure that low load running ie battery charging will cause this

I concur.

Hello Orion, Welcome to the group. To go straight to your question; no, Amels are not more expensive than other yachts in a similar class. (I can speak authoritatively for Super Maramus and

Elja I have printed out and given him the wire diagrams of his Yanmar engine. I guess he has switched off the starter switch and so the stop switch has no current anymore. At last that shows the

Hello, I am an owner of an Amel 55 2013 for the last 16 months and previously for the last 16 years owned 4 other larger boats. All boats can be expensive to maintain and have a basic maintenance

Hello Jose. We had similar carbon discharge from the Onan during spring start up, powder as well as chunks of carbon. Ultimately the Onan would not start. Opening up the exhaust mixing elbow revealed

My old outhaul gearbox came with greasing points and it looked like it was that way from the manufacturer. Unfortunately, the bulbous cover that encapsulates the outhaul gearbox and motor is riveted

Jose, Can you givemore information? Is it when you start the Onan or all the time? Is it oily orcarbon? What model Onan and boat is this on? How you done anything to troubleshootand if so what

Hi Mohammad, I changed mine last year whilst in Albania, the worm gear inside the gear box stripped when we were in Croatia. Amel Hyeres sent me a complete new gear box and I followed the forum post

The first and best step to buy an amel is not to save the cost for an appraiser who is really familiar with Amel ( atlantic Yachtservey oliver Beteue Group Member) You will learn more about an

Orion, I think youwill find the cost and maintenance on Amel boats to be considerably less thanothers, especially those you mention, Moody and Oyster. When reading thisforum, a person needs to

Thanks Olivier for you very clear explanation. Possibly the worm and bronze gears inside the gearbox are jammed for two reasons: The bronze gear is very worn...AND...the helmsperson jammed the outhaul

Hi and welcome to the group. Yes, reading the posts gives the impression that AMELs are a constant maintenance boat. Not true. It is just the helpful nature of this particular group that folk feel

Find the red lever on the port side of the engine. Manually turn it until engine stops. Best, CW Bill Rouse Yacht School - Supporting Amel Owners www.YachtSchool.us 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX

Hello everyone, I am new to the site and thank you to the moderators for letting me join this group. I am currently toying with the idea of purchasing an Amel Super Maramu or Santorin within the next

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