hi all, crossing the tweed bar on a big outgoing tide, we had 2 steep little waves hit our stern and i think that may have caused my engine to overheat. the seawater in my exhaust was only trickling out there was a hell of a lot of white smoke pouring out.
any how, a long story short, next day i checked oil level, seacock filter and impeller which was all ok. i had to fill my coolant header tank. my volvo penta d1-30 fired up straight away pumping heaps of sea water, after running a few minutes it started to blow white smoke. my coolant tank was empty again, re filled it then on starting engine again i noticed all my coolant going out my exhaust.
i am going to start with looking at the heat exchanger other wise i guess its a head gasket or even worse.
this sounds a little like andy"s honey i blew up my engine. well, any ideas?