On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 07:01:46 +0000, Wayne. wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:32:49 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:
I think our salt water must be different from yours. Although Far Cove is
fresh-water cooled, the heat exchanger, riser, etc. has been exposed to
salt water for 20 years (3000hrs or so) and are still good. If 700 hrs is
"real" (ie the hourmeter has not been disconnected, etc) I'd say the
engines still have lots of life left.
===================================

The difference is in the type of engine. Yours is a small sailboat
diesel which weighs about 15 pounds per horsepower and is fresh water
cooled.

The engines under discussion are LARGE high performance gasoline
engines which weigh less than 3 pounds per horsepower and are raw
water cooled.

Which engine do you think will last longer?

OK, what about all the raw-water-cooled, high-hp high performance
gas OUTBOARDS that are in salt water 24/7/364?

And to answer your question: I'm spending $10K to put in a new,
low-performance fresh-water-cooled diesel. I think that says which engine
*I* think will last longer... (btw - I always tell people to get fwc, even
if they're running in fresh water. Unless, of course, they're running an
outboard)

Lloyd