[C320-list] Prop and shaft barnacles

[mike slade]

this happened to me last season. i pushed up the throttle because I was not
getting my usual speed or RPMs, then black smoke. A friend told me to check
the prop, and it was gross. Scraper..., and problem gone.

Mike Slade
Imagine (#803)


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Joseph A Tamucci <jtamucci at comcast.net>wrote:

> I haven't used Andante in over 3 weeks so she just sat on the mooring. I
> tried to go out this past weekend but loads of black smoke under load.  The
> prop, and shaft were completely incrusted with barnacles and the feathering
> prop would not even move.  After many dives with a rigid putty knife and
> wire brush the prop and shaft were cleaned up.  Boat ran fine after that.
> I wanted to post this just in case any of you are having similar problems.
> I used prop speed (2 part epoxy formula) at the beginning of the season at
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> cost of over $200. what a waste.
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