jimL
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2015
- Messages
- 359
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Lemon Drops
- Vessel Make
- 2001 Grand Banks Europa 52
Hi all,
Thanks for being the sounding board and provider of wisdom.
Our new to us 2005 Mainship 430 aft cabin trawler with twin 370 HP Yammers and ZF MODEL: 80-1A - 2.5 transmissions with electronic controls has been a very smooth experience until last weekend.
It seems the starboard engine won’t shut down occasionally when we use the stop switch at either the fly bridge station or the station in the salon. It occurred two weekends ago once, but last weekend it would not shut down at the fuel dock for over 30 minutes.
We tapped on the control box in the engine room – because there is nothing else exposed. We played with the solon station switches and noticed that when we pressed the switch, there was a faint click at the auto fire suppression system status gauge. After trying to determine what the problem was for close to 30 minutes, we pressed the off switch and it worked. We had no other issues during a day of cruising where we stopped the engine several times.
Has anyone run into this situation before with the same equipment or even different equipment?
If the electronic shut down fails, how else do we safely shut down an engine?
JimL
Thanks for being the sounding board and provider of wisdom.
Our new to us 2005 Mainship 430 aft cabin trawler with twin 370 HP Yammers and ZF MODEL: 80-1A - 2.5 transmissions with electronic controls has been a very smooth experience until last weekend.
It seems the starboard engine won’t shut down occasionally when we use the stop switch at either the fly bridge station or the station in the salon. It occurred two weekends ago once, but last weekend it would not shut down at the fuel dock for over 30 minutes.
We tapped on the control box in the engine room – because there is nothing else exposed. We played with the solon station switches and noticed that when we pressed the switch, there was a faint click at the auto fire suppression system status gauge. After trying to determine what the problem was for close to 30 minutes, we pressed the off switch and it worked. We had no other issues during a day of cruising where we stopped the engine several times.
Has anyone run into this situation before with the same equipment or even different equipment?
If the electronic shut down fails, how else do we safely shut down an engine?
JimL