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Hi there guys I was wondering if anyone could give me a little advice I bought a new 3 hole water pump for my 1.5 diesel but when my friend went to fit it today it won't fit he just rang me to say that the impeller is too big to fit into the block so fi anyone has any idea's to help I would be very grateful. Regards Vernon

Hi Tony Thanks for the reply and yes Islands plastics did make yachts this one has been turned back into a cruiser just to update everyone I'll get some pics up later but today we have taken both oil coolers off they were conected to each other the one from the engine looks in bad shape but the gearbox cooler looks ok but it is the same water going through them for the both coolers the engine one had big blobs of dryed paint aand a lot of the holes in the cooler were blocked. I spoke to one guy today and he said to get the coolers pressure tested so thats my first job now before I start taking the head off. The oil looks as if it is coming from the front of the engine I was wondering if it was under pressure the crank seal on the front of the engine maybe leaking. I also checked the level again today on the dipstick and its way over the full mark. Can someone tell me how to add a few pics? Cheers Vernon.

Hi Guys Many thanks for all the replies just to add a bit more info I forgot to say there is also oil in the bilge as well it's my first boat so don't know very much about boats . The boat is a Islands Plastics 23 and it has been used mostly in the sea for most of it's life I'm sure there are oil coolers in the boat but will get a few pics and post them up. I think the gear box is a Borg Warner velvet drive and it's a wet exhaust there was some oil in the bilge when I bought the boat but he said he had tipped oil when he replaced the oil so when I took the boat down the clyde for a test run the boat went well there was a small leak from the water pump but I wasn't worried about that. I checked the water in the heat exchanger and it looked ok with no oil today I went this morning to buy 20-50 mineral oil for it as I was going to change it today but of course I didn't bother when I seen the mess. The engine runs cool with good oil pressure and the first thing I noticed was there was some oil coming out of the exhaust a few days ago but as the boat had been idle for a while I didn't take a lot of notice of it really. I'll get more info for you guys tomorrow and thank you all again for your replies. Cheers Vernon

Hi Guys I was wondering if any of you guys have had this problem with a BMC 1.5 Diesel today I found a small amount of oil coming out of my exhaust then I checked the gearbox oil that was rather milky so the next thing I done was to check the engine oil that also had water in it but when I checked the cooling system there was no oil in the water I'm thinking maybe a oil cooler as I don't think the gasket has gone otherwise there would be oil in the fresh water side of the engine. If anyone has any advice for me I would love to hear from you before I start stripping the engine down. The boat has only been put back in the water a week ago so I was looking forward to a trip this weekend but I don't think I will be going anywhere until I get to the bottom of the problem. Cheers Vernon