Boater Sam

What about the glowplug in the Eberspacher, it draws a lot everytime it starts up? I'm presuming it does not run continuously for 6 hours.

No it is not. At 13.5v it is not fully charging your batteries. You need to see 14.4v to 14.8v when running to keep your batteries in good order. Very unlikely a duff switch or connection, it would have given up completely by now. You need to get the alternator checked.

If a DC relay buzzes it must be getting an AC voltage from somewhere to its coil. The only place on a boat with low voltage AC is the alternator which generates 3 phase AC and has rectifier diodes inside to produce a DC output. Sounds like its alternator overhaul time. It won't be charging your batteries properly.

Could be one of those bilge pumps in a box with a plastic tube filter, they are terrible for blocking.

Is it not a current fashion to claim mental health problems? Is this due to the ever increasing use of drugs such as marijuana, spice etc.? And the excuse that the need for excessive alcohol consumption is a social necessity? Or a try on to avoid responsibility for behaving like a reasonable human being?

And do the same with the one down near the engine too.

Now I have realised the problem with rusty, a female that wears Y fronts. In denial or confused? It explains a lot, looking at past comments. Please tell us all about it my dear. Letch Letch.

Dare I suggest the Who, My Generation? Deep meaning in there.

Good manners maketh the man, an oft forgotten saying today.

Practically all problems with Webastards are due in some way to low voltages. On start up the heater plug has to get up to full temperature within a set time and the unit has to see a clean burning flame or it will shut down. The white smoke is unburnt fuel, so it has a supply. Don't try too many failed starts before getting it checked on a computer as you can wipe the fault memory which makes diagnosis difficult. I usually connect the unit direct to a fully charged battery close by, if it then works you know its an electrical supply problem. And if its a truck set unit it will need to always have a higher voltage than a marine set unit. It is alterable with the special lead and a computer.

The water will run behind the foam. It could even be from the top hot connection on the dome. If you find that it is the securing nut for the coil, I would invite the maker to inspect rather than trying to cure the drip by tightening the nut, the gasket is inside the calorifier and if you twist the connection even slightly it may well get worse rather than better. Talc is a good way of seeing where it is coming from.

Did these radio playing boaters set out to annoy the majority or are they just really annoying people all the time? Let's have a poll, who likes inane racket on the canal and who doesn't?

The solution may involve Vaseline.

Another good reason for us not to visit London. Simply selfish and inconsiderate behaviour.

A new installation has to be with an insulated flue to comply with regs. But you can still put a bend in it.

My old neighbour lived with a car park at the bottom of his garden. The scummy youths would sit on the floor and lean on his wall smoking pot with a ghetto blaster disturbing his peace. He used to ask them to turn it up to maximum. When incredulous berk asked why, he would explain that it flattened the battery faster. If this logic failed to move them he waterpistolled them with stagnant water from his butt ( Water butt ! )

Many of the CAV ones take a 5/16" UNC drain bolt - not metric. They used to be supplied with a plastic wing bolt and rubber washer.

Serious, it would be lovely. Glad you are mobile again. Sam.

Congratulations rusty, 42 posts, no mention of a fan and no silly comments, I withdraw my request for you to shut up. See, its better when you want sensible answers, so do we. Please keep up the reformation! Sam.

Astro turf, keep your boating green. Its water resistant too.

You have to get your ducks in a line. Do they have water in the cage?

Its possible that the preheater plugs are not working and that there is so much fuel in the cylinders that the compression is having difficulty in getting it hot enough for combustion. Check if the plugs are getting power in the preheat position by putting a test bulb between one of them and the engine block. If so it could be possible that they have all burnt out over time till there is none working.

No matter what, we all have to accept a great deal of responsibility for our situation on this planet. Some don't do much to help themselves, some do more to help others.

Yes but not easily. Auto electricians do overhaul solenoids, they are not cheap to buy as replacements.

So turn it a bit to get fresh teeth in line.