[C320-list] Once Every 12 Years

[John Zienda]

Bruce,

How many hours do you have on your engine?

John Zienda
#691


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On Apr 20, 2013, at 11:56 AM, "Bruce Heyman" <bruceheyman at cox.net> wrote:

> After 12 years I figure it was time to do more involved maintenance on our
> Yanmar 3GM30CF (adjust vales, rebuild injectors, replace hoses.).  More on
> that later but I wanted to warn everyone.
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> I'm replacing all of the hoses and when I went to remove the raw water
> intake hose from the through hull seacock to the strainer if found three
> clamps that had totally failed two of them were only still there because
> they were stuck to the hose.  The third one was almost all the way rusted
> through and was easy to twist off.  Seems to me there should have been four
> as the strainer only had one on both intake and outflow.
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> I was able to pick up the broken pieces with a magnet.  I assume that means
> it was a very low grade stainless steel and that is why these original
> clamps failed sometime before their 12th year of service.
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> Bruce Heyman
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