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| Author: | MoneyPit [ Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Newbie Genny Mistake |
Hello everyone, new 2006 Vista 258 owner here with his head held down in shame. I am not new to baoting but this is my first cruiser so there's a lot more to get used to then I thought. I have a Westerbeke 3 KW BPMG genny in my boat and it was running great. This weekend I was a dumbass and ran it under load forgetting to open the cooling water seacock. It ran for a while then died, I asssume from the temperature safety cutoff. Now when I try to start it the genny starts great, sounds fine, buy dies seconds after you release the start rocker switch. I know this can happen if ater start the control module detects low oil pressure, over revving, high temp, or high exhaust temp. Is it possible I fried one of the two temperature sensors? I know there's a way to bypass each sensor to find out which one is killing the genny, how do I "ground" the sensor to see which one is bad? |
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie Genny Mistake |
Have you replaced your impeller? If you have not, don't run it again until you do. It's not pumping any water if you ran it that long dry. |
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| Author: | Technologic80 [ Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie Genny Mistake |
I doubt you fried the temperature sensors. But the impeller is probably a sure bet! |
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| Author: | Cruisin Home [ Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie Genny Mistake |
been there..done that. impeller toast. |
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| Author: | MoneyPit [ Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie Genny Mistake |
Thanks guys. I agree the impeller is probably toast but something else has to be wrong for it to die a second or two after letting off the start button. Does anyone know how to bypass each sensor, one at a time till I find out which one is causing it to die? |
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| Author: | Paul I. [ Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie Genny Mistake |
I have a 2007 V258 with no genset. Thats get to be tight to work on then! Good luck with it. |
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| Author: | MoneyPit [ Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie Genny Mistake |
Paul I. wrote: I have a 2007 V258 with no genset. Thats get to be tight to work on then! Good luck with it. Yes, it was not a pleasant job, tackled it last weekend and my ribs are aching. Impeller had one vein broken off and I cooked the exhaust temp sensor which is what was killing the genny after initial starting. Running great now. Thanks everyone for the help. |
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