all dressed for Memorial Day
Driving the boat home from a weekend anchorage about ten days ago I got the dreaded "check engine" message on the engine monitoring screen. I could not see anything after a look see but the engine sensors dialed the engine down to 2500 rpm, one of several "safe modes" built into Cummins electronic engine controls.
Any time something liken this happens we all think, what is it, how much will it cost me and perhaps most importantly, how much down time will I experience. Fortunately, I spoke the next day to mechanic, Ken Nevis ,and he generally diagnosed the problem (small antifreeze leak causing an engine temp sensor to loft a concern to the electronic engine controls) over the phone. He promised to be out the following week and he was. A couple hours later, the leaking coolant hose was repaired and he did a couple other maintenance tasks to boot.
We did a short test run to confirm everything was back to normal. All fixed now, I am ready for an upcoming 600 mile run up to DC and then down to Norfolk for Sail/250.