Beta Marine Engines

wingsofraven · wingsofraven

Hello. The tmc60 manual briefly recommends sailing in neutral but says while towing it may be placed in reverse. Since it is a cone type gear box is it not recommended to remain in neutral and let the shaft free wheel? Also, you thought of synthetic ATF such as Red Line? We have had good results f...

egantsea · egantsea

We have never had an overheating problem and our Beta 38 is running great. FYI - If you notice over spry it is from me painting the engine at time or two touching up. Ok so at 250 hours we checked the heat exchanger stack tube. We were at anchor in Barra-Bahia de Navidad, Mexico. I had a hard time getting the s...

egantsea · egantsea

Hi, We have the Beta 38 hp Marine engine. It has about 650 hours on it. We would like to adjust the idle to about 900 to 1000 rpm. I thought I read that the idle should be about 1000 rpm, to start the motor at 1000 rmp. We start it at about 800 rpm but it vibrates we think too much so we almost always up the idle to 1...

torrmundi · torrmundi

Hi, I'm a newbie, looking at Betas for a 47 foot sailing cat. Have you ever done a dual alternator mount, similar to this picture? The idea is to have high-rate charging for a LiFePO battery bank, avoiding the need for a GenSet. The dual arrangement mitigates a constant, one-sided load on the cranksha...

ssfein · ssfein

Its that time of year. Is fogging of the engine recommended for winter storage in Maine? and if so what is the procedure? thanks

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	tmc60 technodrive question (Preview) Hello. The tmc60 manual briefly recommends sailing in neutral but says while towing it may be placed in reverse. Since it is a cone type gear box is it not recommended to remain in neutral and let the shaft free wheel? Also, you thought of synthetic ATF such as Red Line? We have had good results f...	wingsofraven	1	2015	Oct 23, 2015 by Stanley
	Draing the fresh water\antifreeze? (Preview) We have never had an overheating problem and our Beta 38 is running great. FYI - If you notice over spry it is from me painting the engine at time or two touching up. Ok so at 250 hours we checked the heat exchanger stack tube. We were at anchor in Barra-Bahia de Navidad, Mexico. I had a hard time getting the s...	egantsea	13	6458	Oct 16, 2015 by egantsea
	38 hp Beta idle at 1000 to start? (Preview) Hi, We have the Beta 38 hp Marine engine. It has about 650 hours on it. We would like to adjust the idle to about 900 to 1000 rpm. I thought I read that the idle should be about 1000 rpm, to start the motor at 1000 rmp. We start it at about 800 rpm but it vibrates we think too much so we almost always up the idle to 1...	egantsea	5	2049	Oct 15, 2015 by egantsea
	Alternators (Preview) Hi, I'm a newbie, looking at Betas for a 47 foot sailing cat. Have you ever done a dual alternator mount, similar to this picture? The idea is to have high-rate charging for a LiFePO battery bank, avoiding the need for a GenSet. The dual arrangement mitigates a constant, one-sided load on the cranksha...	torrmundi	2	1098	Oct 1, 2015 by egantsea
	fogging engine (Preview) Its that time of year. Is fogging of the engine recommended for winter storage in Maine? and if so what is the procedure? thanks	ssfein	1	569	Sep 24, 2015 by Stanley
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