hi
so last week my friend (not mechanically minded) took one last run in his boat. After 20 mins he called me asking if a burning rubber smell is anything to worry about !
i asked him to check temperature. Was ok at that instant.
Masked him to open engine hatch and check the belt. At that moment it snapped. He then panicked and tried to drive in to shore slowly. Once he started to listen to me on other end of phone, I asked him to stop the engine ASAP. At that moment the alarm goes off briefly and temp gauge apparently just about 190/200 he said. He got towed back in.
Today I visit his boat for the first time. She is a bravo and has the belt driven pump. Should have said. The new belt has been fitted. I’m tasked with driving the boat from her mooring round to the slipway ramp to take her out for winter. After 10 mins of driving at no more than 1200 rpm, the temp climbs to about 180/185 maybe on gauge. I headed for the slip and tied up. With the engine back at tick over it looked like the gauge may be rising further but no alarm. I revved her a bit and she cooled down a bit. Shut it down an put on trailer.
If the pump is belt driven, the belt snapped, why would she be showing signs of the impeller being worn ? Surely it would just have stopped turning ?
Is it possible the other pump is damaged ? Not too familiar with this set up with the Bravo. I have the alpha and simple system.
Thanks
so last week my friend (not mechanically minded) took one last run in his boat. After 20 mins he called me asking if a burning rubber smell is anything to worry about !
i asked him to check temperature. Was ok at that instant.
Masked him to open engine hatch and check the belt. At that moment it snapped. He then panicked and tried to drive in to shore slowly. Once he started to listen to me on other end of phone, I asked him to stop the engine ASAP. At that moment the alarm goes off briefly and temp gauge apparently just about 190/200 he said. He got towed back in.
Today I visit his boat for the first time. She is a bravo and has the belt driven pump. Should have said. The new belt has been fitted. I’m tasked with driving the boat from her mooring round to the slipway ramp to take her out for winter. After 10 mins of driving at no more than 1200 rpm, the temp climbs to about 180/185 maybe on gauge. I headed for the slip and tied up. With the engine back at tick over it looked like the gauge may be rising further but no alarm. I revved her a bit and she cooled down a bit. Shut it down an put on trailer.
If the pump is belt driven, the belt snapped, why would she be showing signs of the impeller being worn ? Surely it would just have stopped turning ?
Is it possible the other pump is damaged ? Not too familiar with this set up with the Bravo. I have the alpha and simple system.
Thanks