Om636 heat exchanger broken, flooded boat

[Ardenfour]

Arrived back on mooring today, went down into the main cabin to put the kettle on. Wondered why my feet were getting wet. The floorboards were floating! Ripped off the engine cover and its almost submerged. After pumping it out I fired the engine up and loads of seawater spraying out from around the raw water inlet on the manifold. Part of it had broken off. It appears to be some kind of alloy, is it possible to weld this? It's a Bowman heat exchanger.

 

[penberth3]

Arrived back on mooring today, went down into the main cabin to put the kettle on. Wondered why my feet were getting wet. The floorboards were floating! Ripped off the engine cover and its almost submerged. After pumping it out I fired the engine up and loads of seawater spraying out from around the raw water inlet on the manifold. Part of it had broken off. It appears to be some kind of alloy, is it possible to weld this? It's a Bowman heat exchanger.

So you've got something so badly corroded it's fallen apart? Welding won't work.

 

[Ardenfour]

So you've got something so badly corroded it's fallen apart? Welding won't work.

Mmmm. I'll need to get it off, see how bad it is.