Hi, this year we will probably do a bit of river cruising, so will need to check systems, I have problems with gauges, the temp gauges in summe seems to jump about, a few taps on the glass and it normally goes back to what you would expect it to be. That unfortunately is combined with the alarm for not charging is intermittent so I have t keep an eye on it.
The fan belt inner broke a couple of years ago after I had been pushing up the Severn, but broke next day after turning off, had to get rcr out and it took him over an hour to change it, probably first time it had been changed , screws were that tight, also fan wheel has to come off to change inner belt on isuzi 42.
Boat is ten years old, and previous owner mentioned fan belt breaking on him once, but I presume that must of been outer belt. If this happened out cruising on a river, it's not gonna be a quick fix with the hot engine thrown into the mix. Also I have never changed the coolant on skin tank and temp does seem to get quite high when pushing against flow for an hour on rivers.
So needs some maintenance, how often do people change their fan belts and skin tank coolant.
Any advice greatfully recieved. I am not good at diy, but can do basics like oil and filter changes.thats about my limit though.