generators

[Seastoke]

So just had the engines serviced and coolant replaced ,so now geny,
to do is this something you can do yourself or is it best have done by engineer .
Do geny have a anode built in .

 

[jrudge]

You can do it yourself. The liquid quantities are small which helps.
Most have an anode in the heat exchanger

 

[vas]

You can do it yourself. The liquid quantities are small which helps.
Most have an anode in the heat exchanger

+1
give us the model of the motor, mine (a MASE) has a yanmar 2gmf which is freshwater cooled and has no anodes. Same raw water cooled, has an anode on the block

 

[Assassin]

It depends upon your abilities, but unless you are mechanically inept (which some people are) they are easily worked on and I would begin at the beginning.

Download the engines technical manual and the servicing manual which should all be free and online, do a little online research and find out what and where the weak spots on your genny are, then familiarise yourself with your specific layout as they all differ slightly, and when you have the technical information and familiarity then you can obtain everything in the correct quantities and begin work.

 

[Portofino]

You ought to be able to change the impeller. Highly likely to be a Johnson pump ?
Also change the oil every year .Mine ( Yanmar 400cc ) used about only 1L , it’s got its own pump to pump out a 2 min job .
As said any anodes and check any belts .Worth taking a pic of the belt ref number and using “ Mr Google “ to x ref the part .
eg my Mase geny uses a belt from a Citroen AX 1 .O L .Last time I bought a spare it from the Fr eq of “ Halfords “ ......something like €3 .
Fortunately the smaller Mase genys are air cooled , no coolant or water jacket .The cylinder has fins like a bike engine and a huge fan + cowl to blow air across.
Theres a seawater air heat exchanger to cool the incoming air , hence the water pump .This had a easily accessible pencil anode .
All the serviceable items are facing me and easy to get at .

Another thing is consider the accessibility of the thing in the boat .....some are dropped in @ build without the deck / top of the boat on so effectively sealed in .Ie it won’t fit through any hatch , obviously that’s not gonna be good if it every needs to come out !
Also they have all have removable sound proof panels to access the service items .
This brings me round to another point , serviceable items .
The really clever ones place everything on one side and the smarter builders instal the thing with the serviceable items facing the operator .
How ever some dumb builders place it against a bulkhead , ie back to front with the serviceable items hard to reach over to see never mind get at !
Or the thing has serviceable items at all four points of the compass .If any serviceable items are hard to get ( at anchor as well as on the hard ) then they often get neglected .

What make and in what boat ?

 

[mcanderson]

I do my own. It’s a Mase 5.0 that runs off a 1 cylinder Yanmar engine. Google found me a full service work shop manual and it’s a doodle.

 

[Andrew M]

I'd say that yes, if you can service any other engine then you'll be fine with your gen set. Nearly all of the servicing stuff is on one face of our unit , a 15KW Kohler, and it is petty well basic stuff, impeller, belts (same principal as any car motor), oil, filters, coolant and anode if fitted. all fairly straight forward. I'm thinking one day I should rydelyme the heat exchanger but that's another project to do on the engines so the genny will get done at the same time.

Def get the service manual, most of it might even be in the main owners manual anyway.

 

[BruceK]

So just had the engines serviced and coolant replaced ,so now geny,
to do is this something you can do yourself or is it best have done by engineer .
Do geny have a anode built in .

Best get an engineer in mate. The lads are having palpitations. Cant have the funboxes going warm. You'll be Billy No-Mates and ejected to the next abandoned anchorage if you cock up.

 

[Seastoke]

Don’t you worry about the beer , get that boat ready for the race around the Isle of Man at Easter.

 

[BruceK]

Don’t you worry about the beer , get that boat ready for the race around the Isle of Man at Easter.

I wont even be in the water at Easter Lift in at end of April. I moaned at the harbour master but it fell on deaf ears. Maybe I shouldn't have protested at a lack of bins on the hard by dumping 3 bags of oil filters and oily bilge pigs in front of his office on a Sunday. Those bilge pigs smelled like the finest blue cheese. Come Monday morning the aroma must have been gorgeous.

 

[Mr Googler]

You don’t need a generator unless you leave the pontoon ???

 

[Seastoke]

Don’t you worry about the beer , get that boat ready for the race around the Isle of Man at Easter.

You don’t need a generator unless you leave the pontoon ???

Are you Buce with a dress on.