[C320-list] 3GM30F V BELTS

[Doug Treff]

I hear what you're saying John about the impeller, but if I'm going t the trouble of removing the impeller over the winter, a new one is going in it's place. Cheap insurance for protecting the engine from overheating.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Tue, May 28, 2019, at 10:18 AM, John morrison wrote:
> These belts don’t normally suffer a catastrophic failure, mine were 
> 1999, but really in need of replacing, they should last easily a good 
> 10 years. I wouldn’t carry spares unless in the Caribbean. I had a 
> spare alternator belt but couldn’t find it!
> Also my water pump impeller was 3 years old, and I inspected it whilst 
> replacing the V belt. Two of the vanes had broken off but were still in 
> the pump so, luckily I didn’t need to go chasing after them in the heat 
> exchanger! The book says the impeller should be replaced after 300hrs, 
> mine had nowheres near that time. On winter layup I’m going to take the 
> impeller out of the pump so the vanes are not squashed in freezing 
> temps in the pump. This has been recommended by others on this site.
> Cheers
> JohnM
> 1999#574
> 
> 
> > On May 28, 2019, at 10:02 AM, Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks John. Mine are worn and time for maintenance. I am going to keep an extra set on board. 
> > 
> > Learn from others - my fellow sailor’s water pump belt broke. Engine overheated. I towed him back in.  End of that weekend sailing. Easy fix if we had a spare on board. 
> > 
> > Ted Harrison
> > 
> >> On May 28, 2019, at 8:51 AM, John morrison <sail-ability at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> For our Canadian owners. I found engine V Belts at Canadian Tire. They are Innoda 603790, and 603620. They cost about 15CAD for the pair.
> >> Cheers
> >> JohnM
> >> 1999#574
> 
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