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  1. So... in the process of cleaning out my boat ready to get it up for sale I 'may' have thrown away some of the paperwork including bill of sale. Any tips on how I can prove ownership? I can try and back track to the marina where's I bought it from six years ago to try and see if they have any copy, but wanted to see if there are other ideas! Thanks Lucy
  2. Thanks for your advice all. Going to take another look tomorrow and inevitably call out an engineer to be sure anyway.
  3. Hi, I should have said I'd already checked for head gasket and no signs of white gunk in oil so fingers crossed on that. Catweasel - how do water and fuel fix? Is that a gasket failure? Thanks for help.
  4. Apologies in advance for long post... The end of the story is that when turned off by BMC 1.5 is making a ticking noise that I'm thinking to be contraction sounds of cooling. I have had some cooling problems recently that if hoped I'd fixed. A friend used my boat and reported that it had developed a lot of smoke and they had to pull in. I looked at it and the heat exchanger rubber cap had developed a crack and most coolant/water had escaped. I also saw that the spring in the pressure cap (7psi) looked to have gone, so I've replaced both of these. Today I refilled coolant/water and tentatively ran the engine. It took a little while to start with some white smoke that went pretty quickly (clean filters?). It sounded a little faster than usual and I am nervous to run it for too long in case of overheating. Now the engine has been making some slight ticking noises once turned off, with the ticking noise being more and more spaced out with time. Is this a lag effect of the cooling system being pushing too hard previously? I appreciate there will be more info needed perhaps. and yes, don't lend your boat to friends Is this normal? Thanks
  5. Thanks Alan. I'm guessing if I have a lower pressure rating then this may reduce water/coolant splurting out of the overflow valve a little when the engine is in full swing? But the downside is that it may struggle to get up to temperature, poss esp in the winter? Lucy
  6. Hi all, What psi should you have for a pressure cap for the cooling system for a BMC 1.5? The spring on mine is bust and I foolishly forgot to check what the old one was and I'm not back for a couple of days now. Cheers Also what's the difference between short reach and large pressure caps, and blanking caps? Looking at the selection on ASAP here http://www.asap-supplies.com/engine-spares-gearboxes/pressure-caps Thanks
  7. Hi, I'm considering selling my narrowboat and wondered if anyone can advise on a good place to read about the legal process of doing so without a broker? I bought it with a broker and so they managed the deeds so I'm not quite sure what I'd need to do in terms of paperwork and also liaison with CRT. Thank you
  8. Thanks. I thought it might be the injectors but will follow your suggestion Tony.
  9. Hi, We've had a ticking noise in the engine when it's moving for a couple of weeks (ou moved very short distances) and today when in full throttle to turn around the engine puffed out loads of black smoke and then stopped entirely. It's a BMC 1.5 with a bit of wear and tear. I understand that black smoke is often the consequence of too much fuel or too little air, but any suggestions on how this may be related to a ticking noise and how to rectify? Thanks all
  10. Hi, What a melon. Absent mindedly started painting the stove with what I thought was my tin of high temp black paint then realised was using almost identical looking tin of black gloss... Is paint stripper the best way forward or could it be burnt off with the fire at low heat? Ta
  11. Hi Pete, Mixture of 28mm copper and plastic pipes. There is a pump that pushes the water heated from the stove boiler along. This will be our fourth winter on the boat and had no problems hnt about half way through last winter, and have lazily left it sitting there over the summer months. Does that help? Thanks!
  12. Thanks, very helpful. Do you think a normal hose pressure (connected to a tap) would be enough to flush the system through, or would a greater pressure be required? Thanks
  13. Hi, Our radiators and pipes attached to the stove's back boiler have got loose rust stuck in them and I'm not quite sure how to get it out! Early spring last year they were making clanging noises when the stove was on and we were told by a plumber/mr fix it friend that the ancient header tank was rusty and so flakes had made it through the system. Question is, how do you flush the pipes and get it out?? A high pressure hose? Thoughts much appreciated. Winters a-comin... Lucy
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