Excellent Video! No doubt the post repair smoke was just legacy buildup in the cylinder and exhaust. A couple questions: Were you driving the A/C directly from the generator output? or is this being filtered through and AC -> DC -> AC process? Can you run the A/C off the battery bank? and if yes, approximately how long, over night? How many hours on the generator? Most of these need repair from lack of use. Still looking for my boat.
In this case I am running the AC right from the generator. But it gets fed through the Victron Multiplus2 since the Victron unit is a "passthrough" inverter charger. But its all AC all the way. Yes I can run the AC off the battery no problem. I can run the AC and the microwave as long as they dont start at exactly the same time. With the 2 Epoch 460AH (920AH total) I can run the AC unit anywhere from 5 to 9 hours depending on settings and cycling. You could almost certainly get through the night. Problem is you have to put it all back in. That could mean 5 hours of gen run time. I am working to add additional charger capacity right now. DC to DC charger as well as Solar. Id like to be able to reduce charge time from nearly empty to full in less than 4 hours. That would mean a continuous 200-250 amps of charging. Ill have that soon and will cover it here.
Big thing for this is to diagnose the smoke type. But if the smoke is unburnt diesel usually its poor injector performance or the exhaust elbow near the injector nozzle that is caked up with carbon to the point it restricts exhaust flow. In addition..look to ensure the intake is not blocked.
Great video ! I’ve always sent my injectors off so it was nice to see how to do it myself
I guess it really depends on the injector. These bosch style are very easy and its covered well in the Westerbeke manual.
Great video, good information.
Thanks brother. You wont need any of it since you have that fancy new diesel with 15 hours on it..lol.
Excellent Video! No doubt the post repair smoke was just legacy buildup in the cylinder and exhaust. A couple questions: Were you driving the A/C directly from the generator output? or is this being filtered through and AC -> DC -> AC process? Can you run the A/C off the battery bank? and if yes, approximately how long, over night? How many hours on the generator? Most of these need repair from lack of use. Still looking for my boat.
In this case I am running the AC right from the generator. But it gets fed through the Victron Multiplus2 since the Victron unit is a "passthrough" inverter charger. But its all AC all the way. Yes I can run the AC off the battery no problem. I can run the AC and the microwave as long as they dont start at exactly the same time. With the 2 Epoch 460AH (920AH total) I can run the AC unit anywhere from 5 to 9 hours depending on settings and cycling. You could almost certainly get through the night. Problem is you have to put it all back in. That could mean 5 hours of gen run time. I am working to add additional charger capacity right now. DC to DC charger as well as Solar. Id like to be able to reduce charge time from nearly empty to full in less than 4 hours. That would mean a continuous 200-250 amps of charging. Ill have that soon and will cover it here.
I have the same issue with my marine genset. Makes me think I should check the injectors...
Big thing for this is to diagnose the smoke type. But if the smoke is unburnt diesel usually its poor injector performance or the exhaust elbow near the injector nozzle that is caked up with carbon to the point it restricts exhaust flow. In addition..look to ensure the intake is not blocked.