season could be over

[MADMACAM]

was out on sun and a part on my engine broke not sure what it is i think it cools gear box oil then goes on to cool the engine !!!have to find out what it is then try to find a part its an old engine bmc 2.5 any advice would be gratfully accepted

[mark]

heat exchanger. possibly a bowman

got a picture?

[MADMACAM]

i could get one it is a cylinder about 12" sea water goes in bottom then out top then two hydrolic i think ! pipes go to the gear box i think anyway rear of engine

[MADMACAM]

sorry the sea water the goes to impeler housing

[volante]

Havent been around BMCs for a long time, are we talking jabsco pump/heat exchangers.
These can be repaired quite easily so dont get suicidal, have you got the boat in S/land Marina ?

Dave..........

[MADMACAM]

its is in sunderland marina dave dont think it can be fixed as the whole bottom of it came away !! its cast iron i think and looked as it had cracked and a large chunk that the sea water pipe is attached to which is the inlet for sea water !!!cheers

[mark]

think we are definitely talking heat exchangers here - oil cooler one I reckon

which luckily is the easiest to swap, and not as critical to the model of engine.

[volante]

The part thats broken is it part of the engine or is it an accessary part, can you remove it and install another cooler. I might have a couple in the garage!!!.

Dave..........

[MADMACAM]

it is separate from the engine it is bolted to an angle iron only thing connected to engine are to pipes with screw fitting ends

[volante]

That doesnt sound so bad, if you get stuck www.asapsupplies sell all kinds of different heat exchangers. Some of the PRM boxes have them bolted/clamped on the top, I am sure they do stuff for PRM boxes etc!!!.
If I think on I will have a look to see what I have in the garage, will be down the boat the morra.

Dave...........

[MADMACAM]

thanks a lot for advice dave what time roughly would you be down marina im at work but my dad would be down there i think hes taking it of to try and get it matched or something similar


cheers les

[volante]

Probably about 9-30 ish, if the weathers OK will have a look out and a bit fish.

Dave

[billyturbot]

That doesnt sound so bad, if you get stuck www.asapsupplies sell all kinds of different heat exchangers. Some of the PRM boxes have them bolted/clamped on the top, I am sure they do stuff for PRM boxes etc!!!.
If I think on I will have a look to see what I have in the garage, will be down the boat the morra.

Dave...........

dave get your spanners out after all thats your job (grease monkey)lol