smoke

I have had the engine on my 1987 Ericson 28 since I bought it 3 years ago. I do not know the hours. I usually run it no higher than 2100 rpms. But it started giving me a bit of mostly-white smoke. I ran it at 2300 rpm and more smoke came. Looking for an experienced skipper to tell me if this...

What does it mean when black-grey smoke belches out from the flame arrestor. I have been experiencing a loss of power in gear. Just as the motor dies the smoke belches out. Cloged intake manifold (plenum)? I've cleaned out the carburetor. Not installed as yet. Problem started when the...

On our 1989 E34 Universal M25XP with 1260 hours on it, we noticed a steamy exhaust and higher running temperatures when cruising at 2300 plus rpm. I did the usual - change raw water pump impeller, clean out raw sea water strainer, check sea water flow, nothing helped. When we last arrived at the...

Coming back from Catalina this last Sunday, we were motoring for an hour or so until the wind came up, and we shut down our Universal diesel. We had motored to the island on Friday night, and the engine performed flawlessly. When the wind completely died a little while later, and we fired...

White smoke and un burnt fuel slick from my Yanmar at higher RPMs I have a little 8 HP Yanmar 1GM10. As you may know it is easy to bump the throttle up in the cockpit of a E-27. I had a crew member accidentally kick it up to over 3000 rpm and soon after it started knocking and I noticed...

I have a little 8 HP Yanmar 1GM10. As you may know it is easy to bump the throttle up in the cockpit of a E-27. I had a crew member accidentally kick it up to over 3000 rpm and soon after it started knocking and I noticed white smoke and un burnt fuel slick from my Yanmar at the higher RPMs...