În sfârșit, după 18 luni în portul de agrement, plecăm pentru a reveni la viața de croazieră. Da, ne-am muncit din greu, am transpirat și am pierdut mult somnul nu numai cu barca, ci și cu copiii noștri gemeni. Săptămâna aceasta ne sărutăm problemele de bună cumpărare cu orizontul ca destinație…. waaaaait, ține totul. Ce este acel zgomot care vine de la motor… Da, viața decide să ne mai arunce o minge curbă, o altă lovitură în stomac, așa cum suntem super entuziasmați să începem explorarea din nou. Gravitația ne readuce pe pământ în cel mai brutal mod. Alăturați-vă echipajului https://www.patreon.com/SailingMerewether Patronii noștri sunt cei care fac totul posibil și fără ei, nu am fi acolo unde suntem astăzi. Când vă înregistrați, nu numai că aveți acces la toate videoclipurile noastre cu săptămâni înainte de public, dar aveți și o linie directă cu noi și încercăm să ne cunoaștem pe toți patronii noștri. Pune-ne o întrebare, dă-ne un sfat spune-ne ce vrei să vedem, ne place să vorbim cu echipajul nostru cât de mult putem. Mărfuri, cămăși și multe altele https://sailingmerewether.com Paypal https://paypal.me/sailingmerewether?country.x=AU&locale.x=en_AU 00:00 Introducere 01:01 Morning Rush 05:14 Ce este acel sunet? 10:57 Înapoi în portul de agrement
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Like others already mentioned, by "grinding" the camshaft cover the mechanic made the camshaft journals oval. This most likely caused the bearings to seize to the camshaft as there was not enough room for oil. Bearings spinning with the camshaft wore down the camshaft journals. I think the knocking noise was caused by the camshaft moving up and down, since it was not properly supported anymore.
If you choose to repair the engine, you will need at least a new complete head and camshaft (and complete seal kit). And the motor needs to be totally disassembled and cleaned due to the metal shavings spreading everywhere with oil flow. All oil channels need to be properly cleaned to get rid of any metal residue. All bearings need to be checked for damage.
But seeing how the cam cover job was done, I would not trust that the rest of the rebuild has been done properly. Has the mechanic checked the camshaft (straightness, journal measurements, polished/ground the journals)? And cylinder block (was it worn, did he bore it / change sleeves). Were new pistons + rings installed? Did he check crank shaft bearing clearance during assembly? Was the oil pump checked / replaced? What about water pump? Was the injection pump and injectors serviced and adjusted. Was the head straightness checked? Valves and seats ground, valve guides checked / replaced, valve seals replaced? And so on.
When done properly a rebuilt engine will be almost like new, but if the job was not properly done, you will most likely have problems in the future even if you get a new head. Check out this video what a proper rebuild looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBxiYpmYsFg
If you can not find a proper mechanic to do the rebuild, I would recommend a new engine instead if you are going to keep the boat for a while.
Really feel you guys, well handled given the circumstances and time you have spent to get to this point. Tricky position to be in with the current mechanic – at this point if you want confidence in your boat I feel you will need a replacement engine – sigh.
Maybe life is telling you that there are better options. Maybe put a pin in it for now
Australia is a great place to live for a couple of years then the kids will be older and much easier to care for on the boat
Just a thought
As agreed below. "They" f*cked your engine. Any help from any insurance?
Hang in there and thank you for sharing your story with us. I like to think, in situations like this, that you are paying it forward for great things to come! Stay focused on the long game and try not to let this feel defeating.
There are magicians among the Asian mechanics, but these do not belong in that group, not by many country miles. "…engine mounts…".👴🤨🤬
Those were ignorant shortcuts. Any half decent mechanic or machinist would have refused this, let alone come up with it…👴
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You are so close. This is an engine builder issue. They should make it right tno matter what. They should cover the marina fees too. Now, is that going to happen? I understand the leverage here may not all be in your favor.
You need to name this mechanic so that no one else uses him!
I Like that family. And spezially like that mother who handel this youtube-situation very naturally. Greart!! Actualy i am proud of Europa . The peoples are not that show up fanaticly.. sorry my english. Hope you understand what i mean..
Cheers to all out there. Peace and Love.. And thanks for that young parents with that beautyful Twins. Stay as you are! Just Great
feel so sorry for you! Stackars er! I hope you can try to relax a little in Australia, with your loved ones, and have a Peaceful and Merry Christmas, after all! Love from Sweden
How frustrating. I'm sorry this is happening to your beautiful little family.
Man, I'm sorry for your troubles. Keep the faith. Just keep knocking the problems down, one at a time, as they present themselves; you'll get here, eventually. I mean, really, just consider it a low-stakes training for parenthood. Though, to that point, dealing with the boat, and a pair, of infants… oh, man… what a lot to deal with. Best of luck with all of it. You can get through this.
I watch a lady sailors channel she too had engine problems. Her solution was to buy a rebuilt engine. Rather than deal with the nightmare this questionable machine shop has caused drop a certified rebuilt engine in. Praying for you….Fred in Texas 🙏
wow you guys are insane! Twins and a boat? Which is more trouble? The boat of course. Good luck with life.
I reckon you just sail the hell out of there and find another country with a more reputable diesel mechanic. You have been taken for a ride by your mechanic . . . . I reckon old mate is punching above his weight but hopefully after your Christmas break and speaking to everyone about the issue, you will get some good advice and perspective and head back to your boat with a new plan that you are confident will work. All the best to you and your gorgeous family Kieren, those twins of yours crack me up, their facial expressions are gold!
They screwed up and they know it. Which is one reason they need to pull it out. Hopefully they are going to tear it down to make it right so this doesn`t come back to bite them. But are telling to it`s to clean it
Feel for you. Incompetence from the mechanic. Bit of a worry if the guy doing the fix is the same guy who caused the problem.
Welcome back to the Hotel California.
Sorry you have these issues but you have no one to blame but youselves. The writing has been on the wall for a long time now in terms of getting this engine fixed. The number one thing in any boat is the engine, and you should have pulled the plug on these numpties ages ago.
So sorry to see the engine nightmares continuing. Anyways, wish you all Happy Christmas in Australia – things will eventually look brighter
well that stinks, but like you said look on the bright side. Thank goodness this did not happen while you were in the middle of the ocean.
Quick try is make a spacer all the way round to lift it but it will be required to be perfect, gasket seal all the way round then get a good mechanic somewhere else. A good mechanic will be able to make the spacer correctly, skim and seal then it can be good unless the camshafts are now U/S.
Adorable babies…
That doesn't sound right to me. Where you wiped the cam shaft housing there should be a bearing and not just alloy, it almost sounds like the cam shaft is running on the alloy housing with the bearings missing and this will cause major issues and fail very quickly. Difficult to say from your video but I suggest you look up a schematic of your engine and it will show what bearings should be between the camshaft and the housing. The bearings are shells and come in two parts upper and lower are are essential to making the engine run smoothly. Also getting the fragments out of the engine will be a skilled task and it needs to be perfectly clear of all fragments including all oil ways. All a bit doom and gloom sorry, but its important you get the job done properly otherwise you will have more problems further down the line. Also if the cam housing was skimmed due to it warping then it would make a nasty sound of the camshaft hitting the housing every time the camshaft went around it would not be intermittent. Good luck 🙂
I am so sorry for you 😢, but also admiring your calm; I would have given the mechanic a verbal punishment for ruining your engine. Your cruising plans are not destroyed: you plan your work, work your plan and then adapt 😊. Have a nice Christmas and happy new year back in Australia. I see you cruising next year.
I have to say, I am not surprised that this has happened. I have had a bad feeling about this mechanic and engine for a while now. By this happening now instead of later out in the middle of the ocean somewhere, makes me think you have missed a bullet. You need to get a new engine fitted and by a reputable company.
Jeez why not squirt some milk on the camera as well?
Is that a Perkins?
5:22 little man is living the life !!
So sorry guys! 😢
At least you caught it early. I'm not a big fan of lots of insulation. I want to hear my engine at least a little. The engine will always tell you if something isn't right. Glad you got to safe port. Try not to let it get you down too much. In my opinion, some mechanical knowledge can be helpful, but that is just me. Personally I don't like to trust mechanics, but sometimes you don't have a choice. Enjoy your christmas
Hang in there guys
Definitely a rod knocking, hope you have a good mechanic.
For the safety of you and your family I strongly suggest installing a new engine. Reliability is critical for the type of sailing you plan to do and I strongly believe this engine cannot be made reliable with the resources available to you in your location. I know the cost is a major consideration for you but the risk to your family is very, very high with the current engine, even with a rebuild. Even if it means more time without being out on the water you will be glad you installed a new engine when you look back a year from now.
I’ve found that having someone rebuild an engine, do machining work, is fraught with issues. I’ve had several motorcycles worked on only to regret it. Personally i probably would have used some gasket goop instead of having them machine the cam cover. Of course that’s all in hindsight. Oil leaks just require more oil. I would not trust them to do anymore work. And I would try to get good used parts instead of having more machine work done. It’s fairly amateur ish to not know more machining work needed to be done than just machining the gasket surface when there’s bearings involved. If parts can’t be found a used engine would be my preference. To trust them to tear that engine down and clean and…..and then there’s a chance more engine damage has been done to other bearings with all of the aluminum shavings. I’d request to see the oil when it’s drained and have the oil filter cut apart. That will tell you how much material got into the motor. Request they show you the oil and cut apart the filter, when they drain the oil. I’m sorry you guys are dealing with this.