[C320-list] Overheating issue

[james_delong]

The dink pump to clear the hoses and seacock is a great idea!


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>   1. Hi from Lake Macquarie (annie at sydneyprivatesailing.com.au)
>   2.  Overheating solution (Bruce Stumpp)
>   3. Re: Hi from Lake Macquarie (Bruce Stanley)
>   4. Re: Overheating solution (Kirk McCullough)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:31:33 +0000
> From: annie at sydneyprivatesailing.com.au
> Subject: [C320-list] Hi from Lake Macquarie
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> Hi Bruce - I saw your email but was in a rush & didn't rely immediately 
> intending to reply once we'd arrived  but now can't find your email. After 
> a rather rough & unpleasant trip up the coast in the early hours of Friday 
> morning with no moon & no stars, we're now having a beautiful sail back to 
> Pittwater. The Catalina Regatta was great fun & we met some lovely people. 
> Topcat performed well in the racing as we were lucky enough to have the 
> North Sails rep sail with us & give us some helpful tips. Wish we were 
> retired like some of the others & had more time to stay & explore the lake 
> before heading home.
> Annie Bennett
> 1073
> Sent from my BlackBerry? from Optus
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> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:26:00 -0500
> From: "Bruce Stumpp" <bstumpp at comcast.net>
> Subject: [C320-list]  Overheating solution
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> Jim,
>
> Glad to hear you fixed the problem and, especially, came back and told us
> what you did to resolve the problem.
>
> Bruce Stumpp
> #647, Adventure
> Frog Mortar Creek, MD
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> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 20:53:56 -0500
> From: "james_delong" <james_delong at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [C320-list] Overheating solution
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> Gents,
> Some weeks ago I posted a question on an overheating problem.  Many great
> comments were provided.
>
> One, remove the hose at the heat exchanger to see if good water pressure
> existed there, proved to isolate the problem...it was before the 
> exchanger.
> So, although it looked good, I replaced the impeller.  Still little
> pressure, so we backed up and checked each component in the system. Hoses,
> strainer, then the seacock.
>
> After removing the hose to the seacock and sticking a wire hanger down it,
> we had great flow.
>
> The moral to the story is to start at the beginning, not somewhere in the
> middle!
>
> Thanks to all for great suggestions!
>
> Jim  #453
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> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:26:54 +1100
> From: "Bruce Stanley" <brucestanley36 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Hi from Lake Macquarie
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> Great news you sailg and participating in Lake Macq.
> the previous email was sent last Tuesday:-----------
> Happy New Year Annie
> Yes under the Sydney Harbour Bridge is a great place for the Fireworks!
> We were there last year ... champagne and fresh seafood and all ;o)
>
> Regarding spending this NYE on a C320 ...
> We spent NYE in Newcastle Marina and went onto Port Stephens and Broughton
> Island.
> Just got home tonight (not before the local storm).
> Broughton Island, at Coal Shaft Bay ... best coastal island in this State.
> You would swear it was the Queensland coast.
> 210nm round trip ...crazy weather and changing BOM forecasts
> have you used
> "http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/nsw.asp"
> the best free service for coastal cruising
> Bruce Stanley, Fantastic Lady 1084/Sydney
> ==========
> if you are still in Pittwater we will look out for TopcatIII, this 
> afternoon
>
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> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:58:54 -0800
> From: "Kirk McCullough" <kirk.mccullough at telus.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Overheating solution
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> Also if the wire coat hanger doesn't clear the seacock, try using your
> inflatable dinghy air pump. It will blast out weeds etc easily. You can
> connect it to the hose at the strainer and clear that entire section.
>
> Kirk
> #124
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> From: "james_delong" <james_delong at bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 5:53 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Overheating solution
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>
> Gents,
> Some weeks ago I posted a question on an overheating problem.  Many great
> comments were provided.
>
> One, remove the hose at the heat exchanger to see if good water pressure
> existed there, proved to isolate the problem...it was before the 
> exchanger.
> So, although it looked good, I replaced the impeller.  Still little
> pressure, so we backed up and checked each component in the system. Hoses,
> strainer, then the seacock.
>
> After removing the hose to the seacock and sticking a wire hanger down it,
> we had great flow.
>
> The moral to the story is to start at the beginning, not somewhere in the
> middle!
>
> Thanks to all for great suggestions!
>
> Jim  #453
>
>
>
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