J12345T
New Member
Hello All,
As the new owner of a 2003 Princess 45 I know I have a lot to learn. I'm hoping that this and similar online communities can assist me in the education process and along the way hopefully I can contribute my experiences in return.
To start the ball rolling I have two cracked aftercoolers on my CAT 3126's (450hrs and 9yrs old)... Oh yes welcome to boating I hear you say...
It's not the total disaster it may at first sound as the leaks are external only (I am assured and confirmed by oil samples) however, they both need either repairing (may be possible) or replacing (expensive ~NZD 9000 for the pair). I'm going to try to attach a couple of photos as explaining will take a small novel. Suffice it to say the leak is in the bronze header tanks on the fronts of each a'cooler. CAT are ducking for cover and not providing much help as to why this has happened but the radiator repair guys seem to think it looks like a corrosion issue (stands to reason given the bronze tanks contain the anodes and maybe at some point they weren't changed).
I should also say that the cracks were only found and the leak only started when I elected to remove, clean and check the entire raw water system...
Does anyone know of a similar issue or had success with similar fixes??
Thanks.
JT
As the new owner of a 2003 Princess 45 I know I have a lot to learn. I'm hoping that this and similar online communities can assist me in the education process and along the way hopefully I can contribute my experiences in return.
To start the ball rolling I have two cracked aftercoolers on my CAT 3126's (450hrs and 9yrs old)... Oh yes welcome to boating I hear you say...
It's not the total disaster it may at first sound as the leaks are external only (I am assured and confirmed by oil samples) however, they both need either repairing (may be possible) or replacing (expensive ~NZD 9000 for the pair). I'm going to try to attach a couple of photos as explaining will take a small novel. Suffice it to say the leak is in the bronze header tanks on the fronts of each a'cooler. CAT are ducking for cover and not providing much help as to why this has happened but the radiator repair guys seem to think it looks like a corrosion issue (stands to reason given the bronze tanks contain the anodes and maybe at some point they weren't changed).
I should also say that the cracks were only found and the leak only started when I elected to remove, clean and check the entire raw water system...
Does anyone know of a similar issue or had success with similar fixes??
Thanks.
JT
