"sdowney1" wrote in message
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home heating oil is basically the same as diesel fuel.
How much smoke soot is coming out of the exhaust?

How many diesel powered boats do you see on the water with smoke
pumping out of the exhaust? Not to many, would the CG see this and stop
you?

Oil sheen on the water is up to $10000 dollar fine.
Just imagine your going along at speed and the engine blows up on you,
now your stuck, probably pumping out oil and the CG people when they
show up will have to get the oil containment boom out.


To be realistic, just about every diesel powered boat that I've seen, new or
old, smokes a bit at startup (some worse than others) and leaves a slight
sheen in the water from the exhaust. Many engines have aluminum pistons and
until the engine warms up they will smoke for a while. Fire up a diesel
that does not have engine block heaters when it's cold and it will smoke
worse.

Best thing to do with a diesel is start it up just before casting off and
put it under a easy load to warm the engines up. A cold, idling diesel,
even with the revs kicked up a bit never warms up.

Eisboch