Recent content by Two Tides

Hi all, I have a 370 with 3116’s. I recently replaced the batteries as the old one were 6 years old and shot. The boat had 4 29 series wet cell batteries. And I put in 4 AGM 31 series. When I am underway at about 1000 rpm - the colts shout up to 16. If I turn a lot of stuff on (lights, reddot...

What was the turn around/cost if you remember?

Thanks for the additional info Frank, I just went to the CAT dealer down the road and picked up 14 gallons of SAE 30, And new filters. Am I in for a big expense in getting the after coolers cleaned? I know it's a boat and a lot but just want to prepare myself ... I have as people say they use...

Soot on both engines was 0.3 I would post the pictures of the sample but don't know how on an iPhone. Boat had bottom paint and everything cleaned in January. At sea trial in December was able to achieve 2875 on port and 2825 on starboard. 36.2 mph. I do get some soot on the sides not the swim...

did you clean your after coolers? Or have it done? If you did, how?

Thanks for the input! I got this input also about oil type - since I am pulling the boat out Tuesday for a new davit and oil change, and showed him my oil samples from my survey Looks like the form says it is multi weight, so that is probably the source of the smoke if that's accurate. The...

I have a 1997 370 Sundancer twin 3116's with 850 hours on it (I have put about 35-40 hrs on it since I bought it in January). While under way I have a faint "smokey haze" black/brown in color over the water. Not able to capture in a photo but can see from the boat. This seams to be coming from...