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Thank you all. I will follow up with all your suggestions. I suspect the HE. It has never been serviced since the boat was commissioner in 2010. Has been on my to-do-list. There is a bottle attached to the Anti-freeze system. No discernible leaks any place else. No anti-freeze in the bilge. It...

I have an Iveco 120 hp engine on my boat. I have noticed that after running the engine for sometime, the anti freeze level drops and i have to top it off. This happens every few weeks. The engine is raw water cooled with a heat ex-changer. No leaks in the cooling system that i can discern...

DavidM: it is a common rail system. jleonard: "I'd dilute as much as you can by moving some of it around if you can.". That is my plan. I will dilute it with almost 800gals of diesel. A slow process because my fuel transfer pump is slow. And keep adding the fuel additive/lubricant/cetane...

The engine is an IVECO Nef. There is one rep here on the West Coast, not very responsive. But thanks for the suggestion, i will reach out to them.

A very silly mistake! last week while filling up my "day tank", one of my "helpers" handed me the gasoline nozzle rather than the diesel nozzle. I pumped in about 20gals of gas before i realized the mistake. I then decide to fill up the tank with 300gals of diesel. My questions to the forum is...

C Electric: I did exactly as you suggest about using a DMM rather than rely on the clamp on meter. I used alligator clips and put my DMM in line with the positive terminal of the battery. This is how i was able to determine the small (2MA) draw with every thing turned off. The first thing I will...

Hello all. I have 25' Formula BR (in addition to my 50' Seahorse Marine Diesel Duck sedan). The Formula has a standard A,B, Both and Off battery switch. When the switch is on Off position, after a week or two B battery, gets drawn down until it cannot start the engine or power any of the...

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I was hoping Mark Price would comment on this. His boat and mine are Seahorse Marine manufactured. I believe we both have the open U joint configuration you mention. The system looks very similar to the Aquadrive system. I have been trying to find documentation on my system but have not found...

Capt.Bill: i have thought about doing oil analysis as you suggest. Who do use for this? As for running the boat at the dock during winter months, I have run it at the dock but I usually take the boat out on the lake (my doc is on Lake Washington) and run it hard (like 2200 rpm, normally I cruise...

I know the conventional wisdom is that we are to change the oil, oil filters, fuel filters and air filters every year, however i do not understand why we have to do this (I do it!). For example my engine (IVECO) manual says to change the oil/oil filter after 600hrs or yearly. I put only 200hrs...

Practical Sailor's review of Anchor Shaft Strength GFC & Fly Wright: Thank you. I will go ahead and get the shank straightened. You might find the following articles from Practical Sailor interesting.

Hello all. I have a 70lb plow type anchor for my 70,000 lb steel Diesel Duck Seahorse (50') Marine sedan trawler. The Anchor has no manufacturer's marking on it. I assume it is a Chinese knock-off that came with the boat. The anchor was secured to my 3/8" Ht chain with a swivel. I have anchored...