Sven
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It isn't as bad as it sounds, but I want to take care of it so our bilge is as clean as Glyn claims Martin's is.
Our current marina and yard (Driscoll) is great so we want to give them our business rather than going outside. Because of that we went with their (sublease) diesel mechanic instead of one that Nancy got much better vibes from. Our mistake.
During the oil change the suction hose came apart where the thin hose joined the pump hose and of course the thin hose dropped down to siphon some of the crankcase oil straight into the bilge !!! I think the "mechanic" assumed I didn't see it and he was going to just leave us pumping crankcase oil into mission bay the next time the bilge pump came back on. Did I mention that we are about 100 yards from the coastguard station ?
I'm thinking I should set up something like a fuel polishing system to pump the bilge while spraying down the interior sides with some soap ... IOW pump internally into a bucket or something with oil absorption pads and drip the "cleaned" water back into the bilge until it looks ok. I'd even consider bringing down the power sprayer just to get a clean start.
One question other than the general "what would you do" is how do I get to the lowest point in the bilge of an E39-B and where is it ?
Any problem with having the engine running while we are power spraying (water spray possibly getting into the air intake) ?
Fortunately, the bilge is almost dust dry so there is no panic but I really want to take care of this.
We won't be using Joe the "mechanic" for the rest of the work.
Thanks,
-Sven (P.S. we got a wonderful 6-hour sail in between chores over the weekend !)
Our current marina and yard (Driscoll) is great so we want to give them our business rather than going outside. Because of that we went with their (sublease) diesel mechanic instead of one that Nancy got much better vibes from. Our mistake.
During the oil change the suction hose came apart where the thin hose joined the pump hose and of course the thin hose dropped down to siphon some of the crankcase oil straight into the bilge !!! I think the "mechanic" assumed I didn't see it and he was going to just leave us pumping crankcase oil into mission bay the next time the bilge pump came back on. Did I mention that we are about 100 yards from the coastguard station ?
I'm thinking I should set up something like a fuel polishing system to pump the bilge while spraying down the interior sides with some soap ... IOW pump internally into a bucket or something with oil absorption pads and drip the "cleaned" water back into the bilge until it looks ok. I'd even consider bringing down the power sprayer just to get a clean start.
One question other than the general "what would you do" is how do I get to the lowest point in the bilge of an E39-B and where is it ?
Any problem with having the engine running while we are power spraying (water spray possibly getting into the air intake) ?
Fortunately, the bilge is almost dust dry so there is no panic but I really want to take care of this.
We won't be using Joe the "mechanic" for the rest of the work.
Thanks,
-Sven (P.S. we got a wonderful 6-hour sail in between chores over the weekend !)