Arthur Marshall Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 When my boat as resteeled, they found some serious corrosion above the air intake for the aircooled SR2 and cut it out and welded a bit in. Last week, coming out of a lock, a bit of broken piling snagged into the air intake hole, the weld went and the bit came out leaving the gap as you can see. Rather then rewelding it up, I was considering cutting down from the end of the break, enlarging the hole and then bolting a piece of perforated steel with 1cm holes across the whole thing. Do you reckon that would still allow enough air in, or should I just bolt some bars across to try and avoid anything else getting caught in the hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 That's a nasty hole. I think I would weld a bit in but if that means a trip to a boatyard I would probably bolt a plate in behind it, depends if you have enough electricity to drill holes. What I would do though is grind the end of that bit of guard down to a nice slope so it doesn't catch on things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Marshall Posted September 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 It's obnly started catching on stuff over the last few years as the CRT maintenance has got worse. Singlehanding I have to pull the boat in at lock moorings, and loads of them have broken piling which catches in the hole. Doesn't help the state of the piling either. I think I'll try the perforated steel plate over the whole intake and if I overheat next outing try something else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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