18 HP BUKH DV-24 RME

[Thorbad]

Hi all

Recently bought (one leg in anyways) a Hallberg Rassy 31 Monsun and it will be coming with this engine (18 HP BUKH DV-24 RME diesel engine).

My main concern right now (this is before the survey) is that it has been laid up and not working for 2 years.

The previous owner was one that always carefully mantained his boat. Clean bilges, new connections, and was renewing all the stopcocks and valves before passing away and leaving it all to his wife. . .who didn't want anything to do with the boat. . .

Do you guys think that it should involve some nasty surprises or need a major haulout?

Moreover today I found the manual handle that can be used to turn/start the engine >.> and decided to give it a turn to see if it turns over at least. . .

It did budge for about 2cm maybe? And then it stopped and I just didn't push it too hard just in case. .

What was wierd (for me anyways) is that when I opened the heat exchanger to check the coolant it started coming out/overflowing. It looked clean/green though.


Any pointers? Sorry for the long post