Crankshaft Seal Oil Leak, Vetus Coupling Bushings Replace & Gearbox Oil Cooler Fix on Volvo Penta
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In this maintenance blog, I engage the help of a professional mechanic to replace a crankshaft seal and the Vetus coupling bushings.
For the last few years we’ve had a slow but persistent leak from the flywheel housing which had been diagnosed as a worn crankshaft oil seal. However to get to THIS piece involved removing the prop shaft generator, gearbox, starter motor and flywheel and to get to THOSE, we had to disengage the vetus coupling and prop shaft, dissemble the engine cradle and move the entire engine back on its mounts. Along the way we replaced the the vetus coupling bushings and also discovered a very corroded gear box oil cooler which needed a clean up and new cover plate.
You can see why I called in a professional on this particular job!
On the recommendation of fellow Amel owners we dropped in to Yacht Concept in Porto Christo, Mallorca owned by Peter Kukloc and for a few days his mechanic, Torsten came onboard and kindly let me film him work and bombard him with lots of questions. He was very patient!
The marinas in the Balearics are extremely expensive so we wanted to spend as little time as possible on dock. However, we had to wait for parts and the job eventually ran over the weekend so we were there for 5 nights in total. Even though Porto Christo is one of the cheaper marinas (basically a municipality owned town quay) it added a further €355 to the cost of €2230 for the entire job. Thanks to one of our patrons who helped towards the cost of this by the way.
Incidentally we also had the belts, pulleys freshwater pump replaced at the same time but as there’s so much to see in this video, I’ve put it in a separate maintenance blog!
Tip – source your own spares BEFORE the work starts and begin the job early in the week to prevent the repairs running over the weekend and incurring extra marina costs.
Although these videos show maintenance work on a TMD22 marine diesel engine, many components and assembly techniques are similar across the Volvo Penta range, including: MD22L; MD22P; MD22L-B; MD22P-B; TMD22-B; TMD22P-C; TAMD22P-B; HS25A; HS25A-B; 120S-E; MS2A-E; MS2L-E; MS2B-L; TMD22B
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We're a UK family who have saved over many years to live the dream of travelling the world with our kids. We sold our belongings, closed our business and rented our house to buy a 20 year old sailboat . We want to show the kids that there is a bigger world out there and to appreciate the simple things in life, things that you find in the sea, the woods, up mountains, along the beach , the sky and the stars. Our dream of cruising and exploring the world's oceans is matched with a desire to live a more off-grid and sustainable lifestyle. A background as RYA instructors, flotilla skippers and RNLI crew only partly prepared us for the challenges of a live-aboard life! From buying a boat to homeschooling the kids, from cooking on a budget to making money while we travel, from sailboat maintenance to visiting amazing places - join our journey and share in our world adventure, as well as the challenges of family life, through our series of video blogs.
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