Ex-road trippers turned sailors. Dodging traffic with sails. Bought an affordable blue water cruising yacht and learning to sail in the waters of Langkawi Malaysia and one day Thailand.

In this video ...
Understanding that we have to learn to service this Volvo Penta D1-30 Diesel Marine Engine ourselves we finally start the engine whilst our sailboat is on the hard stand in a boatyard. Counting down the days to Launch Date we have to change the oil filter, water pump impeller and engine oil.

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VIDEO TIMELINE
0:00 Introduction
3:32 CHECKING THE ENGINE OIL
4:06 CHECKING THE GEARBOX OIL
4:59 CHECKING THE GROCCO WATER STRAINER
6:08 NEXT WE FILLED OUR TANK WITH NEW DIESEL
8:20 NEXT WE TROUBLE SHOOT WHY FUEL ISN'T PUMPING INTO OUR PRIMARY FILTER
8:48 NEXT WE DECIDE TO CHECK THE FUEL LINE
10:39 NEXT WE CHANGE THE IMPELLER, GASKET & WATER PUMP
11:42 NEXT WE INSTALL THE GASTKET & IMPELLER
13:33 NEXT WE PREPARE A WATER SOURCE

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