How to maintain small boat Engines | and what you need to know to fix them 

Some wise words in your intro. A lesson I learned the hard way - Boats are not like modern Cars. More like the old bombs I had when I was young. If you just jump in and go, without checking everything first, sooner or later you will regret it. Upside of my experience is that after replacing my boat's engine, I am now intimately familiar with my new engine and peripheral systems. The wallet is a lot lighter, but I'm much more confident and methodical about everything I do on the boat.

D2-55 owner here. After a few bad experiences I now work on a preventative maintenance system. Number one is flush the seawater out of the system after every sail. To simplify this job I filled a flushing line to the SW inlet, with a small mixer tank to mix in sea water flushing tables and antifreeze in the winter. This sort of flushing system is fairly normal on US boats maybe as they have more bugs in the water. VP has an optional flushing kit, but at a VP price. Second, I fitted a strainer downstream of the raw seawater pump to catch any bits of impeller that will break off at some point and clog the heat exchanger. Again normal to see on larger marine diesels. Third, I fitted a diesel day tank with a water separator/filter and strainer. Fuel is pumped automatically from the main tank to the day tank and the filter/separator is fitted with a water alarm and back-pressure alarm for good measure. It doubles as a fuel polisher and filter bleed system. Fourth, I fitted a temperature monitor/alarm on the exhaust just down from the mixer., again also a VP option.

I love my d 1 30 its a perkins block with volvo marinising it the 115 am alternator is great for charging and uses only about 2 liters a hour cruising great piece of kit

Well done, my friend. Thanks for the excellent video from FLA USA 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

I have the same engine. This is an amazing video. Full of tips. Thanks so much

Nicely done! Clear and concise.

This video is super well made thank you lots!

Thanks for the advice, I haven't pulled the trigger on a boat yet but your tutorials are helping get me prepared!

You're videos are such good quality. We have the same engine and will reference your videos for our learning. Thank you.

Good job 👌👍

Good video im in Cairns Australia we were shut down by diesel bug 8 miles out my first episode with this anyway it blocked the whole engine I didn't have a clue why the motor stopped but when we got back to shore the bug itself was huge , you can but expensive but lifesaving fix . Was happy to sail back to Marina then a short tow and all good. Phil Gibson Yorkeys Knob Cairns

Hi i have a md2010 engine and on the exhaust manifold called the knee , are there supposed to be a hole down to the exhaust, if u know what i Mean

Have you done any maintenace on the transmissio n (ms10l-b?). I've been experiencing trouble getting into gear (intermittent) and there is little in the way of documentation in the standard volvo canon. However, I drained my tranmission fluid and it was black and rancid. Any tips?

Brilliant thanks just what I need for my Perkins M30...were you the guy that flew out and helped that young couple with their engine?

Realy good video. But maybe I am a little damaged by working with medical machines. But Empty the old diesel filer incl the debris it have filtered out, in to the new filter😮

Good video. In you opinion, what is the best engine, volvo penta d2-60 or beta marine 60?

I have a Volvo engine but its hard to mix the anti freeze with all the seawater though ;)

It's like taking health and safety advice off a bloke with no fingers. Trend analysis . Would be a good start. And read the yacht code

RU-vid dont have my size motor