Beta Marine Engines

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

offduty26 · offduty26

hey you all was wondering if anyone else ran into this.. engine ran well all season..used several days ago no issues on the way out however turned on hour later ...light panel did not light up very faint beep at panel .. nothing when key turned on.. batteries on shore charge and fully charged.. any ide...

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	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	6929	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	2160	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	1126	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	601	Sep 24, 2015 by Stanley
	starting engine (Preview) hey you all was wondering if anyone else ran into this.. engine ran well all season..used several days ago no issues on the way out however turned on hour later ...light panel did not light up very faint beep at panel .. nothing when key turned on.. batteries on shore charge and fully charged.. any ide...	offduty26	1	650	Sep 21, 2015 by Farron
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