Seastart Diesel Engine Course

[omega2]

The course is on my list for sure. Just a question of do I book with sea start or have a day on my on boat. Got to be best on your own engines surely
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THAT WILL DEPEND ON THE STATE OF "YOUR" ENGINES. You could be left worrying. LOL

 

[Portofino]

Got a flyer thru from Seastart the other day and noticed they are running 1 day courses leading to the RYA Diesel Engine Certificate
Anyone done one of these courses? Are they aimed at owners or service people?

For those who are confident try U TUBE. ing your engine
This year I did the full service , on Vp engines with a mate , playing back the Vids on the flight over .( SoF)
For example + try related
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yo...b&q=youtube+marine++diesel+engine+maintenance

 

[CaptainMike1970]

I did the course with Sea Start recently, it had been on they"to do" list for years, excellent course, tailored to the engines of the attendees, very practical and extra focus on the things they know go wrong and concerns of attendees.

Just like the Sea Start service, I highly recommend it.

No commercial interest in Sea Start, just happy customer.

 

[aquapower]

I run RYA diesel courses and always ask first what engines people have so that I can teach something that will be of use, its been quite a popular course this year, I have also arranged 1 to 1 with owners on their own boat afterwards who wish to go into more detail.

 

[lisilou]

THAT WILL DEPEND ON THE STATE OF "YOUR" ENGINES. You could be left worrying. LOL

Don't you get all shouty with me with your capital letters lol. However...this is of course very true but I have every confidence in 'my man that can'.
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[volvopaul]

I have nothing but praise for Seastart. I had to call them out last week, alternator drive belt was slipping. So why call out Seastart? On the starboard Cat the drive belt is nigh on impossible to get at. The SeaStart techie was fortunately triple jointed, and it took him nearly 90 mins to tighten. He was very glad that we were on the potoon, and not bouncing around at sea too!! He tightened the PAS belt too for good measure. Fantastic service.

Power steering belt, on a cat 3116?? I don't think so. You have hyd steering not power assisted on jet .

 

[omega2]

Don't you get all shouty with me with your capital letters lol. However...this is of course very true but I have every confidence in 'my man that can'.
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Sorry did not mean to shout, but if you have who can then best you leave it to him, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. LOL

 

[rafiki_]

Power steering belt, on a cat 3116?? I don't think so. You have hyd steering not power assisted on jet .

Hmmmm. Ok, it was the aux belt in front of the alternator belt. Whatever it drives, access, as you know, is very tight on the stbd engine. Hydraulic steering surely needs a pump too?

 

[aquapower]

Hmmmm. Ok, it was the aux belt in front of the alternator belt. Whatever it drives, access, as you know, is very tight on the stbd engine. Hydraulic steering surely needs a pump too?

One belt drives circulating pump, the one with idler/adjuster and one in front drives alternator.

 

[Latestarter1]

Power steering belt, on a cat 3116?? I don't think so. You have hyd steering not power assisted on jet .

Thought engines were 3126 DITA motors not 3116, this simple soul is confused as hell.

 

[volvopaul]

Thought engines were 3126 DITA motors not 3116, this simple soul is confused as hell.

Sure there 355 hp which is 3116? Ls. 3126 is around 420 hp which would give over 30 knots.

 

[Latestarter1]

Sure there 355 hp which is 3116? Ls. 3126 is around 420 hp which would give over 30 knots.

3116 had top rating of 261 kW, 350 hp 355 mhp. 3126 in MUI form had top rating of 313 kW, 420 hp, however there is also a 3126 MUI 355 E rating identical to the 3116.

Once 3126 was released thought 3116 production ended possibly around 1996.

 

[ricky_s]

The course is on my list for sure. Just a question of do I book with sea start or have a day on my on boat. Got to be best on your own engines surely
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I had a day with a mechanic on my boat and it was enough to know for me to leave well alone, oh and join SeaStart.

 

[lisilou]

I had a day with a mechanic on my boat and it was enough to know for me to leave well alone, oh and join SeaStart.

Wouldn't be without our SeaStart membership. Hopefully we'll never need it but you just never know...sods law and all that. Still wanna do the engine course tho...always handy to know yer dipstick from yer fuel line
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[MapisM]

Hmmmm. Ok, it was the aux belt in front of the alternator belt. Whatever it drives, access, as you know, is very tight on the stbd engine. Hydraulic steering surely needs a pump too?

The belt behind the alternator drives the circulation pump of the cooling circuit, as aquapower said.
If you would have an auxiliary pump, it should be driven by an additional pulley and belt(s) as you can see at the center bottom of the pic below.
But the steering doesn't demand a big pump (the one below is good enough for 1200psi in the stabilizers system, go figure), and I would guess that you should have an electric pump, probably connected to the autopilot.
If you hear a constant whining noise when you turn on your a/p, that's where it comes from - but mind, you can only hear it with the engines turned off, normally.

As a side note, I wouldn't blame Cat for the poor accessibility of that belt.
Indeed it is not as easy to reach as the alternator belt, but that's not a problem at all on my boat, as in any other with decent working space around the blocks.
Otoh, AZ has a reputation for exploiting every inch of living space onboard, and in this respect e/r space doesn't sell a lot at boat shows...
Not that I've seen many planing boats with a decent e/r anyway, TBH.

 

[rafiki_]

Sure there 355 hp which is 3116? Ls. 3126 is around 420 hp which would give over 30 knots.

Engines are the 3126 355's. I think new Azi quoted 30 kn, and mine pulled 29, so qtr happy with this.

 

[rafiki_]

The belt behind the alternator drives the circulation pump of the cooling circuit, as aquapower said.
If you would have an auxiliary pump, it should be driven by an additional pulley and belt(s) as you can see at the center bottom of the pic below.
But the steering doesn't demand a big pump (the one below is good enough for 1200psi in the stabilizers system, go figure), and I would guess that you should have an electric pump, probably connected to the autopilot.
If you hear a constant whining noise when you turn on your a/p, that's where it comes from - but mind, you can only hear it with the engines turned off, normally.

As a side note, I wouldn't blame Cat for the poor accessibility of that belt.
Indeed it is not as easy to reach as the alternator belt, but that's not a problem at all on my boat, as in any other with decent working space around the blocks.
Otoh, AZ has a reputation for exploiting every inch of living space onboard, and in this respect e/r space doesn't sell a lot at boat shows...
Not that I've seen many planing boats with a decent e/r anyway, TBH.

Many thanks MM. Useful pic.

 

[Switch]

I did the sea start diesel course a couple of years ago. I was told that that there would be no more than four people on the course so that we'd all get a chance to work on the engine in the class room. In the event there were six people; this was too many and meant we always felt rushed to finish our turn on the engine. Otherwise a good course with a helpful instructor.

 

[Ru88ell]

I attended the Sea Start RYA diesel engine course today. It was excellent. Just three of us with one instructor, and I went from having no idea about diesel engines to feeling confident enough to service my Beta 20. Recommended.

 

[Tender_aft]

I attended the Sea Start RYA diesel engine course today. It was excellent. Just three of us with one instructor, and I went from having no idea about diesel engines to feeling confident enough to service my Beta 20. Recommended.

Sounds good....I'm interested, what did you learn? (I know something about engines so want to understand the level of training.)

....I'd like to have an Alf/Divemaster DD diesel engine course