Recent content by Sovereign

Hi David: hey, I hadn’t heard of an equalization line, and from your own experience it seems that it was a fix. I actually don’t think that I have a waterlock muffler, looking at my system the exhaust hose runs off of the turbo cooler, and angles down about 12-15 degrees for about 3 feet and...

Hi Kapnd, much appreciate your info, unfortunately I do think my space is limited to look at installing a riser, I have very little room in the engine compartment, and have even looked at removing one of my water tanks and generator to install a riser that would sit nicely in the space under the...

Good morning and welcome to the Trawler Forum. Congrats on your upcoming purchase of a 2000 Mainship 43’. I am the proud owner of a 2000, Mainship 39’. From my own experience, when having your survey done, I would recommend special attention be paid to the exhaust system, as it can be an issue...

Hi All: I had posted in the Spring about having my Cat 3126 Diesel engine rebuilt due to hydrolock. I received a number of work arounds to avoid this occurring again, as the exhaust lends itself to sea water backing up into the turbo injectors when the engine is not running, so thank you to all...

Thank you all for your recommendations, I am in Toronto and am scheduled to launch on May 5/22, I am thinking I had better postpone until I have this exhaust issue resolved. I just had the rebuilt Caterpillar engine reinstalled yesterday, I have been working with suppliers of flexible exhaust...

Hi Mainship owners, I am trying to source a waterlock muffler for my 2000, 39’ . Having the engine reinstalled May 2/22 after having a full engine rebuild over this winter due to hydro lock. Trying to alleviate this ever happening again. The exhaust hose from the turbo charger is a 6” diameter...