Well the engine is back together, it's running a lot better but.......

If I was to try and explain what the problem sounds like I would say it sounds like it is Dieseling which on a diesel engine is a good thing but this one is making a noise at the wrong time, like it is firing on the exhaust stroke. We will see what tomorrow brings.

 Even when you are retired you need to take a day off once in a while. So today we spent the day at the beach club Cabo San Jose

We were told this place is always empty, not true, we had to go down by the beach to find these chairs. The chairs at the pool were full. Some one told us Sundays were like this.

Head is off the engine, valves were really dirty. 24yrs isn't bad for a little engine. This should fix us up and get us home.

 This gives a little better feel of how they frame everything here. 

Visited a really nice community today with a Jack Nicolaus golf course and a great beach club.

Update on story.
Yes gang I think I have had this problem for a while and these yanmar engines just run and run. Finally it said, you know maybe I need a little help. Larry Davidman, I said that once when crossing the atlantic, said 5 days to Cabo Verde to get engine parts. Gary E McGaughey, they don't have the gauges for a yanmar here, so we got to this point through a bunch of other tests. This engine will run right now as I had thought the problem was dirt, I changed all the filters and thought I had fixed the problem. Checked the injectors all spray nicely, put them in and when I loosen them only one affects motor speed, telling us that we are running on one cylinder. Changed the good injector to another cylinder and still the number one is the only one running. We hope it is the valves and not the rings as Anthony Barone found. Jack Osborne, A little up the coast and I might have just done as Larry suggested, sail her into San Diego. Would have been a better story. But I impressed my wife with my problem solving skills by sailing us out of damaging our new paint job. Having flown her whole life she knows how to look for a plan b and that wasn't in her idea box, but for me Mucho Gusto sails like a dingy and it is fun sailing her around a marina. Now waiting for parts and see what happens.

Well, the injectors didn't help, that makes it look like it needs valves. Big job and getting parts is going to take time, the good news is we are in Cabo San Jose which is a really nice town, bad news is we are in Cabo San Jose which is very expensive.

False start. We left the dock, Anne wanted to drive as she is getting more confident handling the boat. Well we start down the fairway and engine dies. Restart and it dies again. Can't start it. I call the harbor and tell them we need a tow then go forward to raise the staysail which is ready on deck for the ride north. 

We sail around the harbor waiting for the tow boat, then get put back in a slip. We decide to get a mechanic to take a look at it. Anne saves the day again as he doesn't really speak much english. We are getting a few things fixed in the engine that might help overall performance and maybe we will be faster going home. 

I was pretty happy with all we had in parts, as I was able to rebuild the toilet, fix all electrical problems, rigging issues, change all the filters and now I had new injectors to put in the engine, the mechanic was really amazed. 

Let's see how this goes tomorrow.