Capitol HE11200 temp

130 deg f, What kind of engine room temps should I expect in central florida? I believe that the fireboy goes off @ 210 deg F

130 seems high for engine room temp.

My ER does get hot but I don't think it gets more than 20 degrees hotter than the outside temp.

I agree with KW1H, heat is in the ER is not your friend.

10F over ambient temperature. 130F is WAY too high. Try opening the engine room door at cruise rpm and see if there is a lot of vaccuum on it. I would definately get the engine room vented better if you're seeing those temps.....

10 degrees seems about right....

Im going to check it next time

Thank you, good info. What about in a sound enclosure on a genset? Gotta be higher than 10 over ambient.

Are we talking ER temp during operating or after the mains are shut down and a few minutes later we crawl down there and grab or check something and notice these temperatures.
When you have a pair of hot blocks (approx 180 degrees), shutdown, boat not moving, mains not drawing air in, no blowers,,, Of course it's going to get hot down there.
While operating my ER stays quite nice, minutes after shutting down, it' a sauna in there.

Inside a gen-set box, shut it down,,, It's an oven.

Port gear hesitates going into both forward and reverse, maybe two Mississippi? Pressure is about 200 psi, linkage is good. Fresh oil change, cold or hot does not matter. Is there an adjustment other than pressure? I was told it is the first sign of failure. Starboard side is instant.

My engine room on my 46 is a sauna also, even the day after I use the boat it is still very warm down there. If the engines are running 175-180 and the genset does run around 177( I just checked with an ir - gun) at the thermostat housing the engine room should be like a sauna, don't forget- not all ;but my boat is running dry turbo's and they do create more heat.

I'm not a Capitol guy, but my first questions would be condition of filters or screens? What condition was the oil in when changed? Idle rpm? Oil / Lab report?

Dont know of any filters or screens on this Capitol drive. This is what I love about this industry, always learning! Will check it out Thank you

Hi,

Page 27, Item J might describe a solution to your problem.

http://capitolmarinegear.com/sites/...service-manuals/HE-operation-installation.pdf

SPECTACULAR K1W1, I will try it this afternoon. Don't you just love the old school way of thinking? KISS keep it simple stupid. thank you

WOW, With a diagram and arrows. Pretty darn good Amigo.

Again, were learning. Unlike Borg and TDs, I haven't smashed a finger yet.

ER temp

My 46 with 6-71 equipped with ER temp gauge shows 110 to 115 summer time west coast of Florida when shut down can go as high 117 to 120 also my capitols' have filter mounted on trans to the in board side they look like old style cartridge filter which I Have purchased in the past at Marine Transmission in FT Lauderdale

The Capitol service manual referred to earlier in this thread mentioned an oil screen. Cant find where that is located, anybody know?

Didn't it say it was in a canister on the side and looked like an oil filter?

Failing this look for any plugs of over about 1/2" in the valve body, remove each slowly and carefully keeping everything clean and you might find a screen on one of them if it is screwed into the supply gallery.

Cleanliness with Hydraulics is absolutely paramount.

I believe the screen is located as part of the large pickup hose that comes out at the rear bottom of the unit. Fitting with screen goes into the housing and the hose threads into this fitting. Page 16 - you can see the two fittings at the bottom and the long cylinder inside with specks. I think the specks are the screen.

I couldn't get the two pieces apart on mine easily and gave up. Too afraid to put that much force on them. Hopefully the screen is that big which would be tougher to clog.

Mine don't have external filters like some others either.

Hope you can confirm. Good luck, Mark.