DSK wrote:
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.


I am still trying to figure out the relevance of these comments to the
original question. Deutz engines are 2 stroke diesels. NO SUMP.