[C320-list] 1995 C320 Aqua Lift Muffler & Elbow

[pat reynolds]

Rollie, my 1995 (249) has a westerbeke engine but I assume the same muffler was used.  Mine also had no screw at the aft port quarter probably since the area is difficult to get to.  The lack of the screw should have no bearing on a leak since the lip of the muffler is solid glass.  The actual enclosed box is the muffler.  Mine developed a leak under the intake neck closest to the engine after 12 years.  The water can run down and end up most anywhere.  Check under both inlets while the engine is running to see if you can feel water.  Vibration over the years is probably the cause

If you need to replace the muffler thru Catalina send the old one back and not just a picture.  I ordered a new one and the height and inlet angles were quite different even tho they said I should just send a photo.

Pat R.

--- On Wed, 12/2/09, argates2nd at comcast.net <argates2nd at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: argates2nd at comcast.net <argates2nd at comcast.net>
> Subject: [C320-list] 1995 C320 Aqua Lift Muffler & Elbow
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:47 PM
> 
> Our 1995 model #182 has only 3 screws holding down the aqua
> lift muffler? The aft port corner has no hole and no screw.
> Is that normal? 
> 
> Should I try to add a screw to that corner by drilling a
> hole and self threading with the screw? 
> 
> I may have some leaking from that corner, although the
> other 3 screws were not very tight and I tightened them
> today but did not run the engine afterwards. 
> 
> 
> Our Perkins does not seem to have an exhaust elbow like
> those described in recent e-mails? The closest thing to it
> is a 9 inch pipe with a 3" bulb in the center where a 60
> degree downward curve exists coming off the aft end of the
> engine, labeled "exhaust outlet" in the Perkins manual,
> which clamps to the reinforced hose before the muffler. 
> 
> Is that the elbow that should be removed from the back of
> the engine and checked for carbon build up &
> deterioration? 
> 
> Our Perkins engine has 570 hours. 
> 
> Thanks, Rollie Punta Gorda, FL 
>