[C320-list] rubber burning smell!

[Chris Burti]

It could be as simple as that. Floating plastic grocery bags will do this on
occasion.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 2:57 PM, james_delong <james_delong at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> Yesterday, after a nice day sail, we started the engine to motor back in.
>  After a few minutes we began to smell a strong odor of burning rubber.
>  Then the over heating alarm went off.  Shut her down and reverted to sail.
>  I pulled the impeller and found every blade was cracked, but in place.
>  Replaced that then started the engine again.  The rubber smell returned!
>  Then checked water flow to the pump and all seemed ok.  Started the engine
> again and all was ok!  Motored in at the proper temperature.
>
> I hate it when something is fixed and I have no clue how or why the problem
> occurred in the first place!
>
> If no water was getting to the impeller, would that cause the rubber
> burning smell?  And, could the blades have cracked with a dry pump?  My only
> conclusion is that something was stuck on the intake, the impeller failed,
> and later whatever clogged the intake fell off.  Could it have been as
> simple at that?
>
> Or...does a strong rubber smell indicate something else?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Jim  #453
>



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