[C320-list] Once Every 12 Years

[JJ Morrison]

Unless the engine is acting up I would not touch the internal workings!! I have 1000hrs on my 1999 and it hasn't been opened and works perfect.
cheers
JohnM
1999#574
 

> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:10:37 +0000
> From: swampcreek42 at yahoo.com
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Once Every 12 Years
> 
> 297 hours...Bruce.
> 
> John Zienda <jzienda at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> >Bruce,
> >
> >How many hours do you have on your engine?
> >
> >John Zienda
> >#691
> >
> >
> >Sent from my iPad 
> >
> >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.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Bruce Heyman
> >> 
> >> <mailto:bruceheyman at cox.net> bruceheyman at cox.net
> >> 
> >> (949) 289-8400
> >> 
> >> Somerset #671 Dana Point, CA
> >> 
> >> 
> >>