Boiler Troubles

At the end of March trip the deisel tank was empty to the point where the Deisel boiler was sucking the water and other rubbish from the tank and then sucking air. Even after refilling the tank the boiler refused to start.

Its been around 7 years since I have had the boiler off for servicing, its a job I keep thinking to add to the list but as the boiler keeps on working it gets postponed. So it did not come as much of a suprise.

I removed the Eberspacher and ordered a servicing kit and in April stripped the boiler down to clean and service it, replacing the seals and burner gauze. The serviced boiler went back to the boat at the end of may and was refitted. At the same time I took the opertunity to move one of the radiators in the main cabin, another job that has been on the list for years.

With the system refilled the boiler fired up and all seemed well.

The next morning the boiler failed to start leaving us with no hot water. As part of the refit I had added a Diagnostic module so was able to see that the problem was a "short" on the water circulation pump.

The Boiler was removed and taken back home for further investigation, and when stripped it was obvious that part of the wiring harness had got twisted and the pump connection wires had been trapped between the metal casing and one of the covers. sorting out the routing and putting the rubber sleaves in the right place corrected the problem and the boiler was refitted on 1st of June. Everything seemed good with the boiler firing up first time and every time.

Fingers crossed we will now get several more years trouble free operation.

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