Not the day I was hoping for
Left Ocean Reef this morning heading north of Rotto, not much happening so was moving further north when my 200 optimax started making some strange noises. Decided discretion was the better part and turned for home from about 20 miles out. Unfortunately I only made it in another 5 or so. Noise continued but I had a sudden loss of power and the engine died with a bit of a cloud of smoke. All that ended in a nice tow from Whitfords Sea Rescue Group, thanks heaps for that.
Looks like a bearing/s on the compressor failed making all the noise, then it seized causing the belt to spin around the seized pulley which heated that up to the point there is melted bits of belt everywhere and it broke.
Not lookling forward to this little repair bill. This was definately not my first choice for a motor but this has been pretty much bullet proof for near on 800 hours. This is the first real issue and unfortunately resulted in a tow.
Does anyone have any idea what a compressor costs to replace on a 200 opti, hopefully I havent done any more damage than that.
Mick
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MattMiller
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Try
sending SEAQUEST a PM.
Pretty sure he has experienced this issue a few times with his Opti
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Nothing like that to
Ruin your day and pocket
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mickconn
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Date Joined: 24/03/13
Thanks Matt done that. Got a
Thanks Matt done that. Got a price on a compressor this morning $1001.00. Hope that's all it is.
Perry Home
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Date Joined: 07/10/10
I'd chase down further detail on a site like the hull truth.
Mick.. the last thing you want or need is a misdiagnosis esp if it's a wrong call and you've just parted with a grand of hard earned... just saying that's all.
mickconn
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Date Joined: 24/03/13
Definately the compressor
Mashed up big time $1001.00 plus $80 for air freight from Melbourne. Probably some extra cost to clean up rails and injectors but hopefully that's it. Now I know I will be checking the compressor and belts regularly, they also have an inline oil filter that will be worth a regular look, don't recall seeing this on a service invoice but maybe I missed it.
bradz
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Date Joined: 29/10/07
Optimax
Great motor, apart from the compressor mounts. Well known problem but nothing that can't be maintained.
I loved mine.
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.