In article ,
Chris Newport wrote:

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.


Really, if as you say a Deutz has no sump, where does the lubeoil
go while waiting for the oilpump to pick it up and push it thru the
main and rod bearings? 2 or 4 stroke diesels all have sumps....Dah...


Me any fool knows that.....

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2 or 4 stroke diesels all have sumps....Dah...



I think the ones in the 250KW Deutz-powered gensets that powered our hangar
back in Tehran, Iran, held 24 gallons of lubeoil, as a matter of fact.

Great engines....but N-O-I-S-Y with no water jackets!

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Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and your outlined in
chalk.

In article ,
Larry W4CSC wrote:

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and your outlined in
chalk.

Actually, if you don't wake up, then it is a very bad night......


Me

Me wrote in news:Me-
:

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and your outlined in
chalk.

Actually, if you don't wake up, then it is a very bad night......


I stole that tag, I admit. I thought it was cute and it describes some of
the guys I sail with...(c;

One of 'em came back from "cruising" Daytona Beach all bloodied up. He
fell in the wrong place...on his face...in the parking lot. He was in no
pain until we were at sea the next morning. I suggested we ring our ship's
bell to announce the nautical hours, but they told me if I made any noise
they'd throw me overboard off Ponce Inlet... His nose has healed.

--
Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and your outlined in
chalk.