Yanmar 2GF 18 horse 1993 (2000 hours on it).
Noticed two places on the absorbant where some oil has dripped, under the front face (seemingly from a small round faceplate behind the belt about the center of the engine above and to the right of the water-pump ... what is that faceplate?) and also under the rear of the engine and I can't see a source.
Is it likely the oil could come down the front and find it's way to the rear before falling on the absorbant or do I have two leaks? There is a few tablespoons on oil on the absorbant in total.
What are the probable causes?
Should I be attending to this before motoring off for the weekend or can I deal with it later? The oil level in the motor is safe.
Also an Alarm went off for the first time showing over-heating. The operator was running at 3500 RPM (basically WOT) for a few minutes before I notice and dropped to 2800RPM. After a few seconds the Alarm came on and the red light for Over Heating so I idled the motor for a half minute and the alarm stopped the light went out and we carried on.
Question: Did the overheating come from dropping rpm on a hot engine, is it normal to overheat if running WOT (wide open throttle) or do I have a cooling problem?
Question: Could overheating cause the oil drip issue perhaps from an overflow or breather outlet?
Thanks, Greg
Noticed two places on the absorbant where some oil has dripped, under the front face (seemingly from a small round faceplate behind the belt about the center of the engine above and to the right of the water-pump ... what is that faceplate?) and also under the rear of the engine and I can't see a source.
Is it likely the oil could come down the front and find it's way to the rear before falling on the absorbant or do I have two leaks? There is a few tablespoons on oil on the absorbant in total.
What are the probable causes?
Should I be attending to this before motoring off for the weekend or can I deal with it later? The oil level in the motor is safe.
Also an Alarm went off for the first time showing over-heating. The operator was running at 3500 RPM (basically WOT) for a few minutes before I notice and dropped to 2800RPM. After a few seconds the Alarm came on and the red light for Over Heating so I idled the motor for a half minute and the alarm stopped the light went out and we carried on.
Question: Did the overheating come from dropping rpm on a hot engine, is it normal to overheat if running WOT (wide open throttle) or do I have a cooling problem?
Question: Could overheating cause the oil drip issue perhaps from an overflow or breather outlet?
Thanks, Greg
