Yanmar 3GM30 Service, the old girl gets a lube up.(Learning By Doing Ep181)
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After a month and 2000 miles under her keel Schiehallion needs a freshen up. As it was mainly upwind between Indonesia and Australia I relied on the engine a lot. First up is the Yanmar Diesel engine. I go over it looking closely for any problems then give her a full servie. All part of keeping our home running smoothly and reliably.
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![Boat DIESEL ENGINE Hacks & Oil Change [Capable Cruising]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sf02o0VyTwA/mqdefault.jpg)
Remember Ratt, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, there some forgotten gold from the 80's, "round and round" my personal favorite.
My favourite, Led Zeppelin
12:14 A good trick for changing oil filter without spilling any oil: loosen the filter just a bit, then get a ziplock bag, put the bag over the filter as much as possible, then unscrew the filter by hand from outside the bag. The spare oil drips into the bag, the unscrewed filter drops into the bag, then throw a paper towel into the bag to absorb the liquid mess, then zip the ziplock up and put it aside for the recycle bin later. No mess. (Can use a double bag of ziplocks for added protection against oil drips).
That is a good trick, will try it next time. 🙏
Thanks for showing some Diesel mechanic basics that all sailors need! VERY practical, like these types of real world do it yourself stuff!
Glad it was helpful!
That fuel bulb hack is my trick i have been using for years. It truly is a life saver. I have currently on my Volvo. Nice video
Yep cheap and possibly quite literally a life saver
@@SailingLearningByDoing you know it brother. Your giving all the tricks away. 😆
Hey Vernon. Just discovered the channel. Really enjoyed the solo trip from Indo. With the oil filter, just pierce the top with a little screwdriver and hammer to make a breather hole. That will allow the oil to drain out of the filter before you unscrew so it comes off dry.
Welcome aboard Kyle, cool that you're watching some of the older stuff. Thanks for the tip with the filter I'll use that!
oh, new feature button Super Thanks, I'm sure this moto cleanse info will come in handy one day, but engine rooms scare me
Thanks you! The engine is just like a teddy bear, big warm and cuddly. Just a bit dirtier
very clean and tidy engine bay!
It sure is!
Love the spanner hack, very smart and I will steal it for my boat.
Youre welcome
Hi Vernon, check out 'Big Wei Battery' in Brisbane. Re your EPIRB, I am fairly sure you can have the battery replaced, the internals checked and that extends the service life.
Thanks
You're videos are good and informative. Thank you
Hi Vernon, believe it or not this is one of my favorite episodes. Great access to the motor, I bet lots of owners would be envious. Love the fuel line hack too, I'll be using that one. Nice clean looking motor....cheers
Awesome, glad you enjoyed this one.
Vernon, again I enjoyed your vid. Good to get your maintenance done, but reviewing your footage there seemed to be allot of movement of your engine on starting, before you leave townsville please check your engine mounts. I could be wrong but it takes no time just to check. Good Luck
Thanks Rick. Its always been like that, the rubber engine mounts are not very hard. Obviously on a shaft-drive this would be a huge problem but with sail-drives its not an issue.
Great tips Vernon, i'm learning by watching ... 😜 cheers 🍻
Glad to hear it!
that spanner hack !! gold
Oh I wish I had this type of access to my engine!
Haha, yeah my old boat was terrible compared to this one. Makes engine work much more attractive.
Well done mate. Great watching your channel and MAGICAL MOVES.
Simplicity , but it all makes good sense and works.
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm impressed with how nice the engine and compartment looks! 👍👍👊
Keep it clean
My brother has the same EPIRB battery issue and to replace the battery will almost cost the same as buying a new one. So he suggest buying a personal EPIRB so you have it on you in case you go overboard... no use having an EPIRB in the boat when your not in it to activate it.
Yeah thats the issue. I have a PLB as well but not sure they are legal to be the primary boat Epirb
Mate, Im in Australia too and I bought 12x Voltax 100Ah from Ebay and its been 3years and they are still working great. Keep in mind I run an electric galley, electric water heater so theyve been used and abused.
I'm happy for you. My AGM's ran perfect for about 4 years then started to decline pretty fast
@@SailingLearningByDoing forgot to mention those are LiFePo4! Upgrade your AGM for Lithiun mate, they work like a horse! Life expectation of it is 3500 cycles which is 9.5years if you go from 100% to zero every day!
@@AdemirDeMirandaJunior Yeah I've done it, installation video coming soon
Vernon, love your work. Just watched your vid on engine oil change. You mentioned using degreaser. Mate, DON'T! Watch what happened on Life in a Nutshell. Degreaser is fine on engines that are in open air. In a confined space, like a boat engine bay, they are a bomb! Full of explosive hydrocarbons. Read the label. You don't want that stuff in a confined space. Watch what happened to Nutshell, blew the deck off. Amazing Magnus wasn't killed. Degreaser inside on a boat, fully bad news.
There are many different types of degreaser. Some in pressurised can others in spray-on bottles.
Yep. The pressurised can or not isn't the issue, it's the hydrocarbon compounds in the mix.
Great job getting to Townsville, very hard slog. I am doing that next year from Thailand, but it will be in a cat that doesn't go upwind. Will take forever.
Thanks for the content Vernon, much appreciated.
Great video Vernon. I too enjoyed the fuel line pump trick. My lift pump is weak as P*as and takes forever. Safe travels for you next leg with a quieter engine and fresh oils.
Thanks, yeah even though its not, the engine seems to run much nicer after a good lube up
I saw another guy who put a valve in so he could redirect fuel to a second filter and even change it on the fly as the engine was running. Like the wrench hack as well!
good idea!
Jerry, do you remember where you saw the valve/second filter hack? Excellent idea.
@@Sailspirit99 - a book called a Gentlemen's guide to sailing south, Thorny Path. Great book and this idea was in there with a pic as well. You can get it on Amazon for $9. Super simple though no need to buy the book for that. Add valve in fuel line prior to filter ten add second filter and lines from output of each filter back into the fuel intake.
@@JC-21470 Thanks Jerry, appreciate your reply.
An engine start in the engine compartment is also a nice little hack for those shituations.
Yeah true, that would be a great addition
Have seen a lot of boaties short out the starter motor, when bleeding fuel system, but always thought it would be better for solo sailors to fit another starter button.
Build the batteries yourself with a kit. 1/3 the price I believe, a rainy day job.
Lithium install video coming soon
EPIRB can have its battery replaced and put back into service. Check with the manufacturer.
MUST be done by manufacturer or Authorised Service agent else will not meet compliance. (They also perform a range of checks not just replace the battery)
I didnt look into it personally but had heard its nearly the same cost. Would be good to know for sure I guess
@@SailingLearningByDoingNo idea on the cost, I upgraded to the GPS version. The old one I have popped in with the old flares and it lives in the tender as an emergency spare. I didn't replace the battery but it still passes the test button.
Btw I'm over on magnetic island, if you're still in the area, yell out.
@@kevinmcculloch5541 Yeah, same here, keeping it till it dont test anymore. I'm down in Airlie now. Will be back up Maggie way mid august
Hi Vernon, looks like you've got the same GME beacon as me. You can get the battery replaced and serviced.
Mechanics recommend that you should use diesel for the oil filter rubber seal lubrication.
thanks so much
"Check out the new sticker"! 3:45 mark Lol. It is an informational vid that is part of the "Learning by Doing" stuff.
Not really my favorite subject about SLBD's videos but luckily the guy who's doing the service is so handsome, that's helping a lot to stay focus haha ! Even if i think this guy could be even more handsome without a mustach... Love you 😘
Couldn't agree more! 😘
By the way, the ball pump is really good, I have that too. It's a wonderful relief that the fuel system is quickly bled. Bleeding via the backing pump sucks, because you also have to make sure that the cam isn't positioned in such a way that the backing pump is virtually on delivery, otherwise you'll be pumping like stupid and nothing will happen. Another thing, the engine mounts, the rubbers are too soft or torn off? For my taste, the engine "rocks" too much.
Yeah a few have said that about the engine mounts. Obviously an engine attached to a sail drive will allow more movement than a shaft drive. I had a mechanic look at the and he said its fine. Its only at idle that the engine moves, anything above idle and its rock steady
@@SailingLearningByDoing If your engine vibrates as shown in the video, this is very bad for the diaphragm (rubber membrane) of the saildrive in the long run. If the engine bearings are really OK, Vernon, I would check the idle speed. Yanmar says 850/min to 900/min for the 3GM30F(C). Then the engine will idle much smoother, assuming everything else about the engine is OK. I have two of them myself ;-) I know nobody likes a smart-ass, it's just a tip, I've been professionally servicing marine diesels for years. Only they were a few house numbers bigger...
@@carstenholyshit5066 Good stuff. My motor is literally never at idle under normal conditions. About the only time is when I'm bleeding it. I keep a good eye on things and in the 5 years I've owned the boat and used it almost daily nothing has changed. When I'm in NZ I plan on changing the sail drive membrane anyway so might change out the engine mounts then too.
Hi Vernon,
there are good LifePo4 drop-ins and cheap drop-ins. Really good ones, e.g. from Victron or Liontron, cost a lot of money and you must lay a lot of nuggets on the table for them, but they are virtually worry-free. With the "bargains", the price is no coincidence. Either they save on the cells or the BMS or the processing or on everything at the same time and that will pay off at some point. Not necessarily for all "bargains" but the good ones will be found...
I think you are better off putting together your own Lifepo4. It's not witchcraft and not particularly difficult. There are enough very good TH-cam videos on this. And another thing, a good, simple complete system consists of an ordinary starter battery, a dc-dc charger, solar panels and Mppt controller. Plus small stuff like fuses and battery main switches, for example. No elaborate isolating relays or power distributors. And if, for example, you got along well with 200 Ah AGM before, then you don't need more than 200 Ah Lifepo4. Rather less, since they have 50% capacity than AGM anyway.
Thanks for the info. I've spent a fair bit of time researching all these things in the past months and have found a good solution. I've completed the switch to Lithium now and there will be an upcoming video
@@SailingLearningByDoing Excelent!
You need a puppy in that Thumbnail.
Would for sure get more views
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Vernon, how do you think that loudspeaker of yours would sound like on the cockpit but offshore, with flat sea and no wind? And on a cold heaven after a heavy snowstorm? I know how people and cars sound on snow, but no clue about music on snow or sea :-(
09:12 curiously, the diesel looks clear. here in california the diesel is really dark orange because of the safety dye.
yeah every country uses different dyes for diesel and petrol. In Indonesia there are 3 different grades of diesel available, each a different colour.
Hi Vernon, great video as usual and useful as I have a Yanmar 3GM30's. BTW in a previous episode you showed us the new International antifoul and the poor results. Did you ever get any satisfaction from International? Would like to know as something even worse happened to me recently using Ultra 2 and Micron Extra 2. I did a short underwater video, let me know if you would like to see and compare notes.
Thanks. I a coming video where I haul out I talk about the whole International saga. Spoiler alert, It has a happy ending. Sorry to hear of your problems. My problems weren't really International as such, more Indonesian International
Very interesting, Im guessing the two fuel filters are course followed by fine ? Is there also a strainer for incoming sea water before the impeller/pump ? Are there any servicing/inspection tasks for the exhaust ? Looked like the engine moves quite a bit when starting ?
Yeah there is a raw water strainer before the impeller, up high on the right side/front end of the engine. I took apart the heat exchanger a few months back so didnt need to do it again now
Extra EPIRB on Dingy ?
I think the ABYC standard prohibits the use of such a squeeze bulb in the fuel line but I must admit, I have not read the standard. Not sure why other than another potential leak or failure point?
Haha, quite possible, I mean, how could such a bulb possibly be safe, its only made for fuel lines.
@@SailingLearningByDoing Yeah, I am too cheap to pay to join to get the standard! I think it is less to do with the bulb degrading or something - I agree the one that sits in the sun in my dinghy all day is about 10 years old and still works fine. I searched around but could not find the standard or the reason on the Internet. I know exactly what you mean about the convenience, but I just drag down a small container of diesel and fill primary and secondary filter cups before I put the filters back in place. That way the tiny hand operated lift pump does not have a lot of work to do.
G'day Vernon, could you tell me where you got the sticky back noise reducing foam from please.
Howdy Larry. I got it from the Chandlery at Rosshaven, Townsville
Cooktown to Townsville is a bit of a gap to miss? What were your stops?
#7 had me arriving in Cairns, its was just the 24hr sail down to Townsville that I didnt film. Had a feeling that series was getting a bit too long and I was completely buggered for that last leg and wasn't motivated to film.
Just noticed you STEEP steps, 3 in total.
How about some NEW STEPS at a slightly gentler angle?
NICE HACK on the WRENCH!
The steps are fine thanks👍😁
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