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Gogarty
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Bleeding a diesel engine
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Running out of fuel when "on the high seas" has a lot more problems than
air in the fuel lines!
And your boat's fuel tank is a lot larger than 18 gallons - as you well
know when the fuel bill is presented.
The car is eighteen gallons? The road service guys put in two gallons and
half a block later at the gas station I put in 19.56 gallons. It would seem
there is a reserve. The fuel guage is pretty reliable and I generally have
sense enoughg never to go less than 1/4. But lately it has been bouncing
between empty and 1/4. I generally pay more attention to the mileage but
this tankful came up just a wee bit short.
As for the boat, thank God it's a sailboat. It only has a twenty gallon
tank and uses only a gallon an hour. Of course, that works out to about 5
mpg
But between the boat and the car we have been spending a lot on
diesel at $3+ per gallon.
Boat in the slip next to us is a power boat with a 450 gallon fuel tank. He
bought the boat last year when diesel at the dock was under $2. He did not
use the boat much this year.
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