So today was the day that I was finally able to get my first mate (Leo) down to the boat for a shake down trip after the fitting of the refurbished turbo. What with work and poor weather chances just didn’t crop up.
But today the stars aligned.
Quick check of the engine bay to make sure the turbo was still connected and not in the bilge, and we were off.
So the engine ran well, no worse than before. Pick up and throttle response seemed a tad quicker. Overall top speed was still lacking 4 knots and revs still down by 150. I’m putting this down to a dirty bum and possibly a dirty propeller?
I think the extra weight of 3 additional batteries doesn’t help much. Still waiting for Andy to help me fit them.
I did however notice an oily patch on my new air filter cover that seems to spray from a breather pipe. Any ideas why this would be ? Plenty of oil still in the engine.
One last shot of the engine bay, just because I took it.
overall I’m happy that the boat still runs as it did, with the bonus of no exhaust smoke in the engine bay.