Nomad Willy
Guru
Less than 5 min.
I've have never had a list and didn't know anybody else did either!
I check the sea cock, bilges, turn batt selector to #1 (start batt), adjust throttle to a bit above idle, shift to neutral gear, turn on the glow plugs for 8 seconds an crank. Adjust for 1050rpm and lean over the stern checking seawater flow out the exhaust. Unplug the shore power chord and secure on deck. Untie the bow lines, stern line and then the midship line, step back aboard pushing the stern out about 18" by the time I get to the helm. Shift into reverse and back out at about 1500 rpm. Change to full stbd rudder, shift into fwd gear and apply 1500rpm untill parallel to the fairway then throttle down to 1000rpm. Then I gradually increase load in steps that bring the engine to cruise load in over 10 minutes and less than about 15. I keep my engine idle adjusted a bit high so when I shift gears backing out (or?) my engine positively won't stop.
Brooksie wrote;
"I always "warm up" my engine underway so I move off at no wake speed as soon as it is started. No idling without a load for me, it's bad for the engine."
As you can see I warm up immediately also but I see no harm in idling. What specifically goes on inside an engine at idle that's bad?
A mechanic told me having a load on takes up some sort of slack in the rod bearings and piston to rod clearances that's bad. I think the "slack" was in his head and typical of what a lot of mechanics will say. Well I'm not picking on my fellow Willard friend but I think idling for 5 minutes is just fine. 15 minutes no.
I've have never had a list and didn't know anybody else did either!
I check the sea cock, bilges, turn batt selector to #1 (start batt), adjust throttle to a bit above idle, shift to neutral gear, turn on the glow plugs for 8 seconds an crank. Adjust for 1050rpm and lean over the stern checking seawater flow out the exhaust. Unplug the shore power chord and secure on deck. Untie the bow lines, stern line and then the midship line, step back aboard pushing the stern out about 18" by the time I get to the helm. Shift into reverse and back out at about 1500 rpm. Change to full stbd rudder, shift into fwd gear and apply 1500rpm untill parallel to the fairway then throttle down to 1000rpm. Then I gradually increase load in steps that bring the engine to cruise load in over 10 minutes and less than about 15. I keep my engine idle adjusted a bit high so when I shift gears backing out (or?) my engine positively won't stop.
Brooksie wrote;
"I always "warm up" my engine underway so I move off at no wake speed as soon as it is started. No idling without a load for me, it's bad for the engine."
As you can see I warm up immediately also but I see no harm in idling. What specifically goes on inside an engine at idle that's bad?
A mechanic told me having a load on takes up some sort of slack in the rod bearings and piston to rod clearances that's bad. I think the "slack" was in his head and typical of what a lot of mechanics will say. Well I'm not picking on my fellow Willard friend but I think idling for 5 minutes is just fine. 15 minutes no.