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I have spent the past two Saturday's installing new Racor style fuel filters, and today's task was to connect the new pipe systems into the old, which meant diesel dripping everywhere, and it did.

However, I ignored the strange noise coming from the fresh water calorifier right by ear, which was gurgling, but this stopped when I turned off the fresh water pump. Thinks 'OK so the fresh tank has run dry, no big deal'.

So 3 hours later and thoroughly perfumed with Port Hamble's finest red diesel, I decide to refill the fresh water and start cleaning myself off.

Having added about 1/3 tank I restarted the fresh water pump. Strange it won't prime. The cold is running OK, but nothing much coming out of the hot. So keep on venting, then the pump starts to cycle on and off rapidly, even stranger.

Then I hear the sound of running / pouring water. WTF - the calorifier, which is housed in a recessed shelf right next to the stbd pre filter I have just fitted has what looks like a small waterfall running from underneath it.

And it isn't a water connection - it looks like the (expletive) thing has split. Deep joy !

Now I wonder what my task for tomorrow is - anyone have a part time job as a contortionist - getting to the rear securing screws of this one is going to be a serious challenge.
 
burgundyben said:
Nevermind Trev, you can sit outside the King and Queen in the sunshine and have pint.
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Ah - that was a consolatory pint after I had removed said calorifier tank.

Clearly the last time the screws that hold the thing in place were done up was before the deck was attached. However, I had a secret weapon in the form of the Impact Driver I picked up at Lidl about 2 months ago.

A small fissure has appeared in the joint line between the base and the side of the copper cylinder, but not on the solder line, instead on the fold where the base has been expanded to take the side section. The slit is a few thou wide and about 40mm long. I am hoping some oxyacetylene and high temperature brazing cupro or if not silver solder will seal it. Plumbing solder simply wouldn't penetrate.

Could be something has eaten it from the inside, but worth a fix once, as the reinstall will be in such a way as future removal will not require the services of Houdini.
 
well done,
now wait for the next simple job revealing a fugly bigger one...
Bet that pint tasted better than one you had before removing the calorifier :p

Had a todo list before the w/e, spent over 12h on the boat over the w/e and before going for an afternoon nap (was knackered!) wrote another todo list which is double the size of the previous one and still has half the items of the first!!!

cheers

V.
 
vas said:
well done,
now wait for the next simple job revealing a fugly bigger one...
Bet that pint tasted better than one you had before removing the calorifier :p

Had a todo list before the w/e, spent over 12h on the boat over the w/e and before going for an afternoon nap (was knackered!) wrote another todo list which is double the size of the previous one and still has half the items of the first!!!

cheers

V.
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I had more than one last night before removing it ! When Its back in (and tested for leaks !) I will be having several. No boating for me next weekend though.

My Winter list is steadily growing.
 
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