upthesolent
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Morning.
I have a Vetus M2 C5 twin diesel engine and just cleaned out my heat exchanger after 18 months since last done. However, I notice there is corrosion (pitting) at the bottom of the casing where the end caps fits and the seal sits. I never had a leak as such those 18 months, but guess there has been a small amount of "weeping".
Now fitted back together using a new O ring (greased as per instructions) I have a most definate leak, even more so once engine is up to running heat.
Does anyone have ideas on how I can fix this on a budget, say for example with a special kind of sealant which I can put the O ring in with and will allow for the pitting, or perhaps another kind of rubber seal which can cope with the corrosion.
Long term I dread to think. Being a marinised Mitsubishi I am guessing the whole heat exchanger housing can be replaced (easily?), but I know that at the moment this will be completely way above my current financial resources.
Thanks in advance.
I have a Vetus M2 C5 twin diesel engine and just cleaned out my heat exchanger after 18 months since last done. However, I notice there is corrosion (pitting) at the bottom of the casing where the end caps fits and the seal sits. I never had a leak as such those 18 months, but guess there has been a small amount of "weeping".
Now fitted back together using a new O ring (greased as per instructions) I have a most definate leak, even more so once engine is up to running heat.
Does anyone have ideas on how I can fix this on a budget, say for example with a special kind of sealant which I can put the O ring in with and will allow for the pitting, or perhaps another kind of rubber seal which can cope with the corrosion.
Long term I dread to think. Being a marinised Mitsubishi I am guessing the whole heat exchanger housing can be replaced (easily?), but I know that at the moment this will be completely way above my current financial resources.
Thanks in advance.