[C320-list] Oil Leak

[Ken Danko]

Jeff:

Thanks so much for this fix. As soon as I get the big oil leak fixed, I will 
use your method to fix this smaller oil leak.

Ken


>From: "Jeffrey Hare" <Catalina at thehares.com>
>Reply-To: catalina at thehares.com, C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>To: <Allan.Field at comcast.net>,"'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Oil Leak
>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:21:59 -0400
>
>Alan's right.  My boat #809 leaked from this spot also.  The "fan" belt 
>goes
>directly over this little cover.  I think it only has  or 3 screws on it
>however.
>
>The manual says it's for hand-cranking the engine, but with the belt
>crossing directly over it, it wouldn't be possible.
>
>Anyway, Remove this cover and if there's a little oil in there, it's likely
>to be your culprit. The paper gasket wouldn't seal on my boat. I cleaned up
>the surface and bought some oil/gas resistant liquid gasket material (looks
>like thick black silicone goo) and put a bead around the gasket seat and 
>put
>the cover back on very loosely.  Then after it set up for a day, I snugged
>it down lightly and it hasn't leaked since.
>
>I talked with the yanmar guy at the show and he confirmed that the cover is
>made of thin metal.  It was a little too flexible to didn't seal well with
>gaskets.
>
>-Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Allan Field
>Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:43 AM
>To: 'C320-List'
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Oil Leak
>
>Ken - I had this problem on #808 for quite awhile.  On the front of the
>engine, there is a plate with, I believe, 3 screws and what looks like a
>small Dixie cup sticking out.  Someone told me that this was originally for
>a hand crank but I am unsure if that is true.  At any rate, oil dripped out
>of this area about 1 drop a day - it took forever to figure out where the
>leak was coming from.  Sorry I can't describe the area better but if you
>don't have this resolved by next weekend, I can take a pix of the area I am
>talking about and send that to you - let me know.
>
>Allan S. Field
>Sea Shadow - #808
>Columbia, MD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Ken Danko
>Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:34 AM
>To: c320-list at catalina320.com
>Subject: [C320-list] Oil Leak
>
>Hi all:
>
>I was away for a couple of weeks and was surprised to find engine oil (two
>ounces or so) sitting in the pan beneath the Yanmar engine when I got back.
>It didn't come from the filter and it isn't transmission fluid. It is
>clearly engine oil. The engine has only 165 hours on it. Since the bottom 
>of
>
>the engine sits at an angle, it is hard to tell where it is coming from.
>
>Has anyone else experiences an oil leak?
>
>Ken Danko
>#802
>Grace
>
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