scooper321
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The engines have about 1400 hours, so I can't believe they are the original ones. The prev owner is actually a friend and was anal about engine maintenance. We talked a bit about the air cleaners as we went over the boat. I just don't remember if they are original. I did get about 4 of those cleaning kits with the boat, however! But you're right. I do plan on swapping them for new ones. I'm thinking I'll wait until I winterize, as that's the next time I'll have the hatches open for easier access to the airseps.
Had a nice cruise down the Bay last weekend and my first mate reported that on acceleration we still had black smoke. Happened after about 10 mins of no wake crushing to get into open waters. So the engines were almost up to temp, if not fully. But I guess my airsep cleaning didn’t do the trick. The bottom had just been cleaned and the after coolers were cleaned this spring.
My mate doesn’t know anything about turbos spooling up, etc. She just said we got black smoke when we accelerated. Oddly, I was look as I accelerated and didn’t see it, but she was in the cabin so she had a better view.
Is this smoke normal during acceleration, before the turbos kick in? I get no smoke while running, or while idling. It’s just during acceleration. I’ve read things about injectors, turbos bring rebuilt, being over propped, poor Cummins exhaust layouts, so my head is spinning with possible solutions. But I don’t even know if I actually have a problem?