Can anyone recommend a prepurchase surveyor in Southwest Florida for an Albin with a 150 Cummings? Any recommendations would be helpful.
Thanks for the info. We recently had turbo and blower rebuilt because of the starboard engine smoking. Which it ended up actually being the...
We have started the engines to observe, but do not find anything leaking. Would we still smell it days later? It is most always hot and humid in...
No liquid in the bilges. We have cleaned the bilges and a small amount of soot in the master stateroom. I also went back through the survey to...
We have owned the boat since July. It was driven from New York to Texas on its own bottom and was in transit for about a month. I noticed it...
Exhaust fumes or raw fuel. Good question. I am not sure, but all of our clothes, etc. smell like it. Would it only be exhaust fumes if the...
We looked behind and around the drawers. There was not much soot, but we cleaned everything. Yes the water does run forward. Does a...
What is strange is not hardly any smell when moving. The strongest odor is when we open the drawers in the master stateroom when docked and when...
Our 1986 Viking with two 671TI smells like diesel And exhaust in the salon and stateroom. I realize the engines are in the salon and the bed...
I will definitely give it a try. Have been out of town lately and now back on the boat. Thanks. Will keep you posted.
Thanks you for the info. I will give it a try. Have you ever heard of a heat gun or if it works? Also where do you hold the screwdriver on? Is...
Finally found a mechanic in the area and he rebuilt the blower. Took it for a spin this last week and there is still blue smoke. The mechanic...
Thank you for all of the great information. I have called a diesel mechanic to take a look at it. Hopefully he can give some good insight...
The quest is on for a Detroit Diesel die hard who just can't give it up yet. I will start turning over rocks and hopefully I can find this...
I think so. Straight 40w is not stocked in most stores. I have tried to stay consistent with Rotella. At a quart an hour I'm searching for five...
I have been running straight 40w rotella. The pressure has been good. The boat never lost rpm or speed. No smoke prior to the mod, starboard...
Did the photos upload as bad as they look? I'll need to learn a better way to post pics.
We have not located a good Detroit mechanic yet. This is our first set of diesels so we are learning a quickly as possible. We have noticed...
Sorry for the slow response, usually I get email notifications saying someone has posted. They are 671-TI. 1986 with 2,040 hrs. The starboard...
The starboard engine decided to burn through a quart of oil an hour. I noticed some oil leaking from the bottom of the turbo. After some thought,...
