I've been informed by the Greek yard where my yacht is stored for the
winter that the genset has been flooded by oily bilgewater possibly caused by rain through an open
hatch. My insurer doesn't want to know. After further investigation it seems the
water only came a couple of inches or so up the side of the casing and the
engine is OK. However the
electrical machine seems to have got wet and those
parts not actually underwater were very damp.
Having removed the genset from the
boat the yard have consulted the Kohler agent who want to take the whole set to Athens (some 500km away) to give the
engine and
generator a "full service". As they will not give any cost indication I suspect this will be an ultra-expensive option. So, as I'm not there, I plan to have the yard wash the genset in fresh
water, all the lids off the various control boxes and then thoroughly dried.
Does anyone have any other suggestions? This is a 2011 genset with about 50hrs on it.
Cheers,
Mike