[C320-list] Engine ate what it shouldn't

[amshd2 at aol.com]

The Catalina used a Perkins M30 29HP in the early boats and it has a small about 2" by 4" element that fits in side the air intake on the manifold.  It fits between two messed screens.     
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: bfahrer at lisurveyor.com
To: bruceheyman at cox.net; c320-list at catalina320.com
Sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Engine ate what it shouldn't


I didn't think any of the marine air intakes had a air cleaner of any kind, just a flame suppressor. I will have to check my Perkins in the spring when it gets unwrapped. 
BARRY --... ...-- 
----- Original Message ----- From: <bruceheyman at cox.net> 
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:13 PM 
Subject: [C320-list] Engine ate what it shouldn't 
 
> This morning when getting ready to leave CHannel Island Harbor the engine > would start but immediately die. While checking over the engine I found > the foam in the air cleaner was disintigrating and almost all gone. After > removing the remains and cleaning out the intake manifold the best I could > the engine returned to behaving as its normal reliable self. Anyone else > seen this problem? 
> Bruce 
> Somerset 671 SoCal 
> Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless 
> 
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