Steve500dancer
Member
- Jul 13, 2009
- 868
- Boat Info
- 1996 500 sundancer
2001 340 sundancer sold
2001 270 Rinker sold
1996 240 sundancer sold
- Engines
- Twin 6v92 Detroit deisels
Saturday I was running my 1996 Sea Ray 500 at about 1400 RPM when I noticed my port side engine smoking a bit. I checked my gauges and everything was good, 50 PSI oil pressure and 165-170 degrees. I thought that it may have been loading up a bit with fuel. I opened her up to about 1800 RPM and noticed her smoking even more. I also noticed that both water temps were climbing up to about 175 -180. I immediately shut her down and dropped anchor. I have not had any issues with smoke of any color on my port engine, I thought the temp rise may have been due to over filling the coolant the day before. I topped it off and filled the over flow tank 1/3 full. The starboard engine took about 2 gallons to top off and fill the overflow. The port took about 1 gallon to top off and fill the over flow tank.
I let the engines cool back down and checked everything I could think of then fired it back up. No smoke on fire up and the temps both dropped to 160 degrees. When I gave the port engine some throttle she started smoking. The more throttle the more gray smoke. I limped it back to the docks at idle and the temps Bo stayed at exactly 160 degrees and very little smoke from port and none on starboard.
When I got back to the docks I pulled the port air filter and checked the turbo. I thought that it may have froze up. The turbo spun freely and just a little oil on the top of the turbo seal area. I fired it up again this morning hoping that Santas Elves showed up while I slept and made everything all better. Guess what....just another reason not to believe in Santa. I called the mechanic at went through it for me when I bought the boat a few months ago and he thinks it may be a cracked or stuck injector. Says that it is not a big deal at all, he also said not to worry about running it, however, we never left the dock today, I am of the belief that if something isn´t right, no matter how minor...don´t push your bad luck.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, if I was dealing with a gas engine, she would be apart and back together by now. I am new to the diesel world and just learning the differences between diesel and gas engines, ordered diesel for Dummy´s on Friday,
Thanks in Advance for any help with this,
Steve
I let the engines cool back down and checked everything I could think of then fired it back up. No smoke on fire up and the temps both dropped to 160 degrees. When I gave the port engine some throttle she started smoking. The more throttle the more gray smoke. I limped it back to the docks at idle and the temps Bo stayed at exactly 160 degrees and very little smoke from port and none on starboard.
When I got back to the docks I pulled the port air filter and checked the turbo. I thought that it may have froze up. The turbo spun freely and just a little oil on the top of the turbo seal area. I fired it up again this morning hoping that Santas Elves showed up while I slept and made everything all better. Guess what....just another reason not to believe in Santa. I called the mechanic at went through it for me when I bought the boat a few months ago and he thinks it may be a cracked or stuck injector. Says that it is not a big deal at all, he also said not to worry about running it, however, we never left the dock today, I am of the belief that if something isn´t right, no matter how minor...don´t push your bad luck.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, if I was dealing with a gas engine, she would be apart and back together by now. I am new to the diesel world and just learning the differences between diesel and gas engines, ordered diesel for Dummy´s on Friday,
Thanks in Advance for any help with this,
Steve