Our 8kw Panda genie chews up impellers faster than a bear after hibernating all winter. Last one only ran 40 hours before loosing a couple of wings. Some others last 10 hours or less. We usually lose it while on plane at over 30 mph and suspect that the flush mounted seawater pick up is not catching enough water.
The pick up for the A/C and cooler pump has a scooped end that obviously catches water, but the genie's is flat and flush with the hull. The boat is currently in the yard for work so we are looking for advice on switching to a scooped pick up for the genie and adding some kind of system to prevent genie flooding if the engine fails while on plane.
A Houston panda tech says he has seen this before and installed scooped pick up and an auto closing valve that senses when the engine shuts down and closes the seacock. I think a loud alarm connected to the genie light at the helm would be simpler. The light is on when the genie is running but is easy to miss when it goes out. When the alarm sounds the operator then knows to stop and close the seacock to prevent flooding the genie engine.
Anybody got experience with this issue. thanks
The pick up for the A/C and cooler pump has a scooped end that obviously catches water, but the genie's is flat and flush with the hull. The boat is currently in the yard for work so we are looking for advice on switching to a scooped pick up for the genie and adding some kind of system to prevent genie flooding if the engine fails while on plane.
A Houston panda tech says he has seen this before and installed scooped pick up and an auto closing valve that senses when the engine shuts down and closes the seacock. I think a loud alarm connected to the genie light at the helm would be simpler. The light is on when the genie is running but is easy to miss when it goes out. When the alarm sounds the operator then knows to stop and close the seacock to prevent flooding the genie engine.
Anybody got experience with this issue. thanks