Blown motors due to bad gas in keys!!!!
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Gino,
I fuelled at Holiday Isle Saturday morning as you pulled away from the gas dock. Ran down to Hawks Cay for lunch Sat and back to Marco on Sunday with no problem. Hope you can track down the source of your problem.
Bob
I fuelled at Holiday Isle Saturday morning as you pulled away from the gas dock. Ran down to Hawks Cay for lunch Sat and back to Marco on Sunday with no problem. Hope you can track down the source of your problem.
Bob
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you always have some funny story to tell us! With my budget, I could not last as long and still enternain OSO that long!
Is your dipped truck running OK or if there was any damage to this unit also?
I sincerely wishes you better luck in 2007!
Is your dipped truck running OK or if there was any damage to this unit also?
I sincerely wishes you better luck in 2007!
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Not a good situation to have at all!!!
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I burned pistons in my old blower motors by running 93 octane with too much boost. I run straight 100 or 112 now. Blower motors need high octane. I don't know the specifics but I would assume the diesel will dilute the race fuel. I left a message for my engine guy s he could explain to me exactly what happens.
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Diesel fuel has exceptionally high octane rating relative to gasoline. It is exceptionally resistant to detonation. That's why diesels have such high compression ratios. You don't have enough compression and ignition source in those motors to cause detonation. It can however fill a combustion chamber up with raw, unburned fuel and "hydraulic" and suffer mechanical damage from attempting to compress the liquid. If they were running and not making horrible noises when you shut them off, you may be OK. If they quit with a bang, it could be bad. With a 50/50 mix, there would probably be enough fuel for the motor to run and either partially burn or expel the diesel. You'd just be way down on power. It certainly wouldn't cause a lean condition or detonation.
I wouldn't give up on looking into who sold you the bad gas. You can't be the only guy who got it. It's not that big of a world- there's got to be more than a couple marinas in the area dealing with the same problem you are having on boats that didn't make it far.
I wouldn't give up on looking into who sold you the bad gas. You can't be the only guy who got it. It's not that big of a world- there's got to be more than a couple marinas in the area dealing with the same problem you are having on boats that didn't make it far.
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You're saying you were the only one out of a hundred or so poker run boats and countless other boats that got diesel mixed in your gas?? Wow, what are odds...