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6BTA Source of Antifreeze Leak?
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6 years ago
January 29, 2018 at 9:58 am Have a 6BTA 270hp engine in my 2006 Nordic Tug 32+. Boat is in Northern Rhode Island, winterized and on the hard for the Winter. We had below zero temperatures the first week of January, and a few more days through January. Three weeks ago, checking on the boat, I noticed a small amount of antifreeze, maybe a couple of tablespoons, under the Twin Disc transmission. Check around engine. Couldnāt see any obvious source of leak. Wiped area dry. Yes…
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8 RepliesApril 2, 2018 at 8:10 am Update… after removing cap on expansion tank and removing a little antifreeze, no additional leaking. I’ll assume freeze/thaw cycle caused pressure and forced some antifreeze out of hoses somewhere. Once in the water, I’ll watch it. Will check hoses and clamps more often, and release expansion tank cap next Fall as we go into Winter storage.Last Post by:
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Installing SMX analog for 6BTA
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6 years ago April 29, 2017 at 6:52 pm Just completed the install of my SMX analog for Cummins. This was not a plug and play as it is on a 2006 Meridian and I had to make up a harness. Everything except the oil pressure works fine but the oil pressure is pegged at 150 PSI. The oil pressure sender is a single wire sender and I don’t see any additional wires on the engines near the sender Previous gauge was Faria I verified that the ground is good …
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6 RepliesJune 16, 2017 at 1:55 pm Wayne, the version that you see on the product page is the older software version that “looks” different and doesn’t have a lot of the new features incorporated…Last Post by:
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6BTA Source of Antifreeze Leak?
