I’ve since cut out most of my engine pan as part of a repower. The
engine pan was open at the bottom and had a place for water to pool
behind the strut mount and behind the pan. Here’s a photo of the old
pan with modified side pieces to mount my new engine.

http://www.richardcarter.net/boat/pix/engPan.JPG

There was a small space under the aft section of the pan that allowed
some water to escape under the engine, but a lot of water still pooled
under there. After taking this photo I cut out the back of the pan.
It simply isn’t needed and interfered with the new engine.

After repowering, I still put oilsorb sheets under the engine but they
come out mostly clean at the end of the season. The old W60 was a
nice engine but like most British engines it leaked like a sieve.

Regards
Rich

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I’ve since cut out most of my engine pan as part of a repower. The
engine pan was open at the bottom and had a place for water to pool
behind the strut mount and behind the pan. Here’s a photo of the old
pan with modified side pieces to mount my new engine.

http://www.richardcarter.net/boat/pix/engPan.JPG

There was a small space under the aft section of the pan that allowed
some water to escape under the engine, but a lot of water still pooled
under there. After taking this photo I cut out the back of the pan.
It simply isn’t needed and interfered with the new engine.

After repowering, I still put oilsorb sheets under the engine but they
come out mostly clean at the end of the season. The old W60 was a
nice engine but like most British engines it leaked like a sieve.

Regards
Rich

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Speaking of British engines… did you know that British engines STILL don't have microprocessors (computers) controlling them?  Reason: the Brits have not yet figured out how to make a computer leak oil…

And yes, I have been studying your photos.   Thanks.

I am thinking of fashioning a separate drip pan for the engine and allowing the aft water to pass under it to the main bilge.   I like to hat the oilsorb sheet stay dry (from water and oil…)  To me that is the sign of a well-maintained engine space.

Pete

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Pete

Rather than try to fit a pan under the new engine I built a dam
between the stringers on the forward end of the compartment. It is
high enough to trap an oil spill but not high enough to wet the engine
if it fills with water. I have to sponge it out when I have a leak at
the back of the boat. I haven’t had to do that in a while. The leak
that I had a time figuring out was the hinges on the sail lockers.
All of them were leaking a little and I would have to sponge it out
after a rain. The great thing about a new engine is all that is in
there is water. The pan is coated with pigmented epoxy so it can be
cleaned easily.

Linus

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On our boat, hull #206 (or is it 203), there are holes in the bvrace
that crosses twarthwise cross “pan” under the engine. There are holes
which I peiodically have to clean out, usually with my fingers.

Norris Larson on /Easy Reach/

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Pete,
I thought one of my repower pictures would show the water passage
under the engine pan, but I guess I never took a picture from behind
the engine pan. As Rich said it is not a big passage. I know when
the Westerbecke was pulled there was a ton of dirt and debris around
the passage. Water still got through, but it did pool up behind the
engine pan.
If you say you don’t have a passage under the pan, have you checked to
see if it is just covered by 25 years of crud? It really shouldn’t
accumulate water under the engine unless you have a gusher, but then
your pan may not be anything like the one I had on hull #2. Again I
never had water accumulate under the engine (other than engine
liquids) with a persistent rudder post leak for over a year before the
engine pan was re-built and re-glassed.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Pete Dubler <
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Speaking of British engines… did you know that British engines
STILL don’t have microprocessors (computers) controlling them?
Reason: the Brits have not yet figured out how to make a computer
leak oil…

And yes, I have been studying your photos. Thanks.

I am thinking of fashioning a separate drip pan for the engine and
allowing the aft water to pass under it to the main bilge. I
like to hat the oilsorb sheet stay dry (from water and oil…) To
me that is the sign of a well-maintained engine space.

Pete

wrote:

I’ve since cut out most of my engine pan as part of a repower.
The engine pan was open at the bottom and had a place for
water to pool behind the strut mount and behind the pan.
Here’s a photo of the old pan with modified side pieces to
mount my new engine.

http://www.richardcarter.net/boat/pix/engPan.JPG

There was a small space under the aft section of the pan that
allowed some water to escape under the engine, but a lot of
water still pooled under there. After taking this photo I
cut out the back of the pan. It simply isn’t needed and
interfered with the new engine.

After repowering, I still put oilsorb sheets under the engine
but they come out mostly clean at the end of the season. The
old W60 was a nice engine but like most British engines it
leaked like a sieve.

Regards
Rich

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