January 30, 2018
We’ve had continuing problems with the mixing elbow on our Yanmar 3YM30 engine: we’re on our forth now and it’s rusted away to the point that it’s leaking. I was shopping for a new one online this morning when I found this stainless steel after-market replacement from HDI Marine.
I ordered one immediately and it’s on it’s way. The price was unbeatable at $275 US for the entire assembly. I don’t really need the lower part (that attaches to the engine), and they sell the mixing elbow alone, but it wasn’t too much more for the entire assembly. I’ll update this post as I gather experience with it. -Rich
Update: March 15, 2020
Over two years later and it’s still going strong! No sign of plugging up. I can usually tell by the RPM the engine reaches when I run it at wide open throttle. If all is well, it will get to about 3200 RPM. When it’s clogged badly, it doesn’t go above 2400 or so. I’m very happy with this replacement elbow.
