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I must admit that I've been quietly

concerned about looking inside the fuel

tank because I knew the fuel tank wasn't

completely full and over the cool winter

months we did of course run the risk of

condensation forming inside the walls

of the tank and we all know the diesel bug

likes to live in that separation layer

between the diesel and the water

As of yesterday the 19th of March 2020

Greece has announced a month-long

shutdown for vessels coming into ports

or on to greek moorings so it looks like

we are definitely going to be here at

the boatyard for at least another month

due to the effects of the virus around

the world

The silver lining of course is that it

does give us more time to put more ticks

on the boat jobs list of things completed but

of course you know we don't know what

will happen at the end of the month. Will

there be another month added to that? So

at the moment we're just playing it by ear really

Taking it day by day like everybody. Yeah

Yeah we're pretty isolated here but it's

a lovely area to be isolated in I have to

say. Yeah and you know we have noticed in

town that the restaurants and bars from

places where people can gather are now

closed - supermarket, pharmacy, butcher

baker - they're still open. Schools are closed,

museums are closed yeah yeah

Basically any places where people can

gather are in shutdown. So we'll continue

with our boat jobs and we'll give you an

update when we know something more

Yeah and in the meantime let's all stay

healthy and safe

yeah and wash your hands!

The Internet is

a wonderful thing for doing research and

getting advice and last night after we

finished doing what we were doing on our

list yesterday we went back to the

apartment and I

question up on to the Jeanneau owners

Facebook group regarding the uncoupling

of the prop shaft from the gearbox. Well

it turns out there's going to be a lot

more huffing and puffing it and swearing

in here today because we do have to

decouple the flange as well because

apparently there's a nut in there and

also a key way so time to break out the

big spanners and the big hammer

Wish me luck

Okay so that's the flange disconnected

now what we've got to do is we've got to

get this pulled out enough so we can get

at the back of the flange where

apparently there is a nut and then we've

got to get the prop in the right

position for the... I think it's called a

keyhole or something... but anyway so let's

let's give this a go and see if we can

actually move this out now

Oh yes, look at the distance it's

moved already

Oh wow! And that hardly took any effort. Yeah

Okay let's keep going with that, remember

we've got to give ourselves enough

distance to be able to work on the back end of that flange and see what we're actually working with

Okay that's shifted a lot. The flange is now

probably come up against the stern

gland so it's back inside and we'll have a look at what we've got. Woo hoo!

If you've been following our last couple

of videos then you'll know we've been

putting this product Brillean through

its paces on some really tough jobs and

so far we haven't been able to defeat it

Today we're going to put it to the

ultimate test. We've done pretty much all

the cleaning we can with the other

products we have of the engine bay bilge

area to get rid of all that oily soot

that came out of the broken exhaust

elbow and the final clean today we're

gonna put this stuff on and see what it

comes up like. Aannsha's already started

Yeah well this area was sooty because it was underneath the prop shaft

and it's already coming up roses.

Alright well let's carry on and

see how good it gets. Oh and just on a

side note we've decoupled the flange

from the gearbox but unfortunately this

is still not wanting to budge and move

We have taken a photograph in there, it is

lined up at the keyhole, there is no

other nut and bolt in there so we're

gonna get Juliano over at 2 o'clock to

find out you know what what we're

missing

It might be something totally obvious to

him but not to us

When Baz and I looked

at the completely soot-filled engine bay

we didn't think it would ever ever come

clean. As you can see the engine fills

most of the compartment and it's quite a

confined space so getting to a lot of

the areas required us to do a lot of

stretching and getting into all sorts of

contortionist shapes so we haven't

needed to do any yoga lately because

we've been getting our exercise just

cleaning out the bilge and the engine

bay but I think when you have a look at

it you'll agree with me how good it

looks compared to how it looked when we

first started. We've put in lots and lots

of hours and we've also used that

fantastic product

Brillean to get the final shine on the

bilge and even the engine is looking a

lot better than it did. I don't think it

will ever be perfectly clean but this is good.

This is one part of the coupling

that attaches the prop shaft to the back

end of the gearbox and the prop shaft

goes in there and has six bolts here

here here here here here. Now the reason

why we couldn't get the prop shaft out

was because we didn't know at the time

but this also needs unscrewing because

the prop shaft when it's aligned

properly has a key that goes into that

groove but it also has in the top of the

prop shaft it has a dimple and that

dimple sits right underneath that where

this screw goes in and that's why we

couldn't remove the prop shaft no matter

how hard we tried. The minute we took

this out hey presto prop shaft popped

out easy as pie. So lesson learned there.

I did have a feeling it had something to

do with that screw didn't I? You did

Okay

Yeah

Woo-hoo! Is it out? Yeah

Now the next job is to get this Volvo

stern glend off the back end here and

then we can find out exactly what part

number is and go from there.

And it's as easy as that!

So again we'll clean up that bit there and we'll find

out exactly what diameter that is there

and we'll get this replaced.

So this part number is the Volvo Penta

eight two eight four one six, so at least

now we've got it off we can order the right part

Another win!

It feels good to be moving forward

The parcel tracking site has

told me that one of the parts has

arrived in Greece, that's probably going

to be the Volvo stern gland and we're

still waiting for a tracking

notification for the cutlass bearing so

as soon as those two are here then we

can put everything back together in that

section and replace the exhaust and

turbo system on the engine and hopefully

sign off on that particular job section

Buy a boat they said, it'll attract lots of pussy

*Aannsha and Baz laugh out loud*

I'm not sure I like ginger pussies

*Aannsha laughs*

Oh look, it's happy there.

We might have a new pet

No we haven't

Well here I am in the starboard aft

cabin and this is where the diesel fuel

tank lives. We carry 205 litres of diesel

in a stainless steel tank. Now to be able

to look inside the tank, there is a

big access panel but I would have to

take some of this plywood away that is

the base of the bed. What I'm gonna do

first is there is a little section here

where the tank fuel gauge sender unit

lives and that's only held in by five

big bolts really so I'm gonnat take those

off first, shine a torch in there, have a

see what it looks like and if it's good

then we don't need to go any further

If it's bad then we need to take a lot more

things apart

Just to make sure I reconnect these

cables correctly I put a blue marker pen

on that side and a blue marker pen here

so I know that this one has to go here

therefore the other one has to go there

Let's have a closer look inside that hole.

Well I can see the bottom of the

tank and it doesn't look sludgy. Problem

is this bit here will be the deepest

part of the tank and I can't see the bottom

so it's impossible to know what's going

on in there. Could well be that we've got

to take the big inspection panel off.

The job just got bigger

There's the top of the tank exposed and here is the big

inspection panel. There's another one

further back as well but this is the

one we're interested in. I've also just

learned that our tank capacity is only

200 litres not 205 as we suspected.

You live and learn

So I've cleaned around

this area to make sure there's no dust

and filth and bits and pieces and then

I'm going to undo all these bolts, take

this off, have a good look inside see

what the condition of the diesel is and

hopefully all should be good. I'm also

quite surprised how this these nuts

actually I mean that's it and it's

undone, that's it,

so obviously you don't

need to over tighten these at all. I'm

gonna guess the liquid gasket does most

of the work

So here we are with the

inspection panel off and you can see they've

used a heck of a lot of that rubber

liquid gasket to seal it properly so

let's have a look at the tank itself

shining into the deepest parts, still

very difficult to see and this is a

scuba-diving torch so what I might do is

I might actually get the torch in there and go

right down to the deepest part of the

tank.

I must admit that I've been quietly

concerned about looking inside the fuel

tank because I knew the fuel tank wasn't

completely full and over the cool winter

months we did of course run the risk of

condensation forming inside the walls of

the tank and then running down and then

running into the diesel and forming a

separation layer and we all know the

diesel bug likes to live in that

separation layer between the diesel and

the water. I stuck the torch in there the

dive torch in there it is pristine clean

there is no growth, there is no dirt

there's no nothing. So great news. I've

sealed the inspection hatch back up, now

what I can do is I can use those

additives that we bought and put them

into the fuel tank and then once we've

got all those additives in there

including a biocide we will fill up the

tanks manually by doing runs to the

local petrol station with our jerry cans

So let's move on to the next phase

Now it's time to put the additives into the

fuel tank before we top it off with

diesel. Now you may remember that earlier

on this year when we had the rental car

we went to the north of the island to a

boat yard where we ordered the new

exhaust mixing elbow. While we were there

we bought several other things and one

thing in particular is this Diesel

System Cleaner K. This 1 litre container

is enough to put into 300 litres of fuel

so to make it stretch a little bit

longer we're going to put 500ml of

this, exactly half into our 200 litres of

fuel and this will clean the injectors

and the fuel system and everything else

that it can get its little fingers on. So

that's that stuff. We did also buy this

biocide and this one is particularly

strong. This is again a 1 litre container

and we only need 200ml of this for

every 200 litres of fuel but we're not

going to use that one we're going to use

this one. This is the older of the two,

this has been kicking around a boat for

about a year now and so again for this

one we need 200ml for 200 litres

of fuel. So we're gonna put these

additives in and then we're gonna do a

fuel run and top off the tank and then

we can take a job off the list 100% done.

So excited!

The fuel in these jerry cans has

been living on the side rails for the

last 12 months and it is still good and

can probably stay there for a little bit

longer but I just felt it would be just

better in the overall scheme of things

to use this first to top off the tank

and then take these into the petrol

station and then once the tank is full

we'll fill up both of these again so

they've got fresh diesel in them and

strap them back to the side of the

rails. Time for a motorbike ride.

Well we got to a hundred litres of extra fuel

put into the fuel tank and it started to

sound a little bit full so now I've

refilled the jerry cans once again up

to 20 litres each and strapped them once

again to the side rails so I think that job

is one we can certainly 100% tick off the list

Still plenty more to go though. Stay tuned

And remember if you want a

more detailed and in-depth look into the

jobs that we're doing and in particular

that one with the fuel, how much did it

all cost, you can check out all the

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