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So Larry, you were on a minesweep back when there were some in Charleston?


Larry W4CSC wrote:
oil is as bad or worse than coolant. Diesel engines can RUN AWAY burning
lube oil from the sump....and explode! Really not good. You have to see
it to believe it! Standing in the engine room of a wooden minesweeper
watching a 12-cylinder Packard diesel running away is even more
exciting....it came in through the supercharger leaking.


 
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