KAMD 300 issue with one engine not accelerating at same rate

[greggreystones]

I was out today and found that my starboard engine would not accelerate at the same rate as the port side. It would lag behind until 2500 RPM and then I guess the turbo cut in and they worked fine. Did the same thing all day. Any ideas on the issue would be welcome

 

[volvopaul]

I was out today and found that my starboard engine would not accelerate at the same rate as the port side. It would lag behind until 2500 RPM and then I guess the turbo cut in and they worked fine. Did the same thing all day. Any ideas on the issue would be welcome

This forum is full of power issues on this and the rest if the Kamd range, search and take a look, it's a daily occurrence in my job, I've replied to plenty of posts on this matter .

 

[aquatom]

First thing is to check if the supercharger is cutting in or not.

 

[DavidJ]

This forum is full of power issues on this and the rest if the Kamd range, search and take a look, it's a daily occurrence in my job, I've replied to plenty of posts on this matter .

....very similar problem to mine which is narrowing down to turbo turbine wear which i'm checking out (in Spain) in a couple of weeks time.

see:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?460236-KAD43-lagging-port-engine-video&highlight=DavidJ

However note the post that reports that turbine wear is less common with shaft drive KAD's

 

[greggreystones]

Thanks for the replies, I am going to speak to the engineer tomorrow, hope it is nothing big to replace

 

[DavidJ]

Let us know the result. I hope not too expensive
Cheers
David

 

[greggreystones]

Just spoken to the engineer and it was the supercharger cluth fuse (replaced and it is working), he did say this could be a sign that the Supercharger cluth is on the way out (hope not) , going down tomorrow to test it out

 

[greggreystones]

Just to update, yes it was the clutch which needed replacing

 

[gjgm]

Ok..it isn't that expensive...3,4,5 hundred maybe..