huyrob
Active Member
\"lucky\"?
i decided a few weeks ago to fit a vetus raw water filter to my yanmar 3gm, I had never experienced any problems and decided to do so "just in case" My boat was out of the water and i had the part(s) delivered by my local marine engineer who was going to give a word of advice as to the best location for it. We looked at the seacock inlet and bend and he passed the comment that whoever had fitted it had correctly used 2 clips and that i should do the same. He left wishing me luck in removing the hose from the connection as they were often a b****d to get off. I took the 2 clips off and got myself in a comfy position to start the "big push". I had hardly exerted any muscle at all when the hose came off! I looked at the end and was horrified to see that the copper? reducer pipe had sheared off. Closer examination revealed that the reducer which went into a 3/4 bend did not have the usual hexagonal type flange to tighten it up but was round and whoever had installed it had left deep mole grip marks on the pipe itself where he had tightened it up! My boat is a 1995 Dehler 35, this is likely to be the original factory fitted item so any owners of similar models beware. i have to confess that i don't always close off the seacock due to having to remove engine cover etc but will from now on! ( decided to change the whole fitting )
i decided a few weeks ago to fit a vetus raw water filter to my yanmar 3gm, I had never experienced any problems and decided to do so "just in case" My boat was out of the water and i had the part(s) delivered by my local marine engineer who was going to give a word of advice as to the best location for it. We looked at the seacock inlet and bend and he passed the comment that whoever had fitted it had correctly used 2 clips and that i should do the same. He left wishing me luck in removing the hose from the connection as they were often a b****d to get off. I took the 2 clips off and got myself in a comfy position to start the "big push". I had hardly exerted any muscle at all when the hose came off! I looked at the end and was horrified to see that the copper? reducer pipe had sheared off. Closer examination revealed that the reducer which went into a 3/4 bend did not have the usual hexagonal type flange to tighten it up but was round and whoever had installed it had left deep mole grip marks on the pipe itself where he had tightened it up! My boat is a 1995 Dehler 35, this is likely to be the original factory fitted item so any owners of similar models beware. i have to confess that i don't always close off the seacock due to having to remove engine cover etc but will from now on! ( decided to change the whole fitting )
