Bubblegtt
Well-Known Member
We moved our boat from Brightlingsea to it's new home at Titchmarsh Marina, Walton-on-the -Naze. Well that was the plan anyway.....weather was rubbish, cold and misty, but as soon as we had enough water under us, we cast off and left Brightlingsea. We were in convoy with my work colleague in his boat, which developed a minor problem with his engine bay full of water - eek!
I had noticed that he was no longer next to us in the mist and after a quick phone call, we raced back flat out to find him pumping out the engine bay. The circular cover to the raw water filter had sprung a leak. It was at this point that I heard this annoying buzzing sound.......the starboard engine alarm on our boat was sounding and a warning in the display!
The oil pressure looked fine, the water temps looked fine, so while my son took the helm, I went into the engine bay, but couldn't see anything wrong. We worked out with the manual how to silence the alarm and then carried on with our passage to Titchmarsh.
Then the starboard engine alarm went on again, it lost power and ran very badly. We continued on and the the same thing happened to the port engine. The starboard engine kept dying, which would then lose us the power steering. With constant restarting over the next hour, we managed to limp along at just 7 knots to the marina.
Just as we were trying to berth into our slot, the starboard engine died and we lost steering again, not what you want in a crowded marina! We finely managed to get the boat tied up and retired to the Harbour Lights restuarant.
I have ripped out the fuel filters and will strip them down at work tomorrow, hoping that it is a fairly simple fuel blockage. Oh and even thought the filters were inside 2 plastic bags in the boot of the X-Trail, they managed to piss diesel everywhere, so I had to strip out and clean the boot when we got home!
I treat the tanks with Marine 16 every time I fill up, so I hope its just normal **** in the filters and not diesel bug. The filters were changed by the previous owner 11 months ago. The engines are D4 260's and run from separate fuel tanks in the Prestige 34S.
I believe that the fault codes have been stored in the EVC, is this a dealer job to read them?
What a kerfuffle!
I had noticed that he was no longer next to us in the mist and after a quick phone call, we raced back flat out to find him pumping out the engine bay. The circular cover to the raw water filter had sprung a leak. It was at this point that I heard this annoying buzzing sound.......the starboard engine alarm on our boat was sounding and a warning in the display!
The oil pressure looked fine, the water temps looked fine, so while my son took the helm, I went into the engine bay, but couldn't see anything wrong. We worked out with the manual how to silence the alarm and then carried on with our passage to Titchmarsh.
Then the starboard engine alarm went on again, it lost power and ran very badly. We continued on and the the same thing happened to the port engine. The starboard engine kept dying, which would then lose us the power steering. With constant restarting over the next hour, we managed to limp along at just 7 knots to the marina.
Just as we were trying to berth into our slot, the starboard engine died and we lost steering again, not what you want in a crowded marina! We finely managed to get the boat tied up and retired to the Harbour Lights restuarant.
I have ripped out the fuel filters and will strip them down at work tomorrow, hoping that it is a fairly simple fuel blockage. Oh and even thought the filters were inside 2 plastic bags in the boot of the X-Trail, they managed to piss diesel everywhere, so I had to strip out and clean the boot when we got home!
I treat the tanks with Marine 16 every time I fill up, so I hope its just normal **** in the filters and not diesel bug. The filters were changed by the previous owner 11 months ago. The engines are D4 260's and run from separate fuel tanks in the Prestige 34S.
I believe that the fault codes have been stored in the EVC, is this a dealer job to read them?
What a kerfuffle!
