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Re: Ethanol - New Thread

Posted By: Capt. Dick Dean
Date: Saturday, 5 November 2005, at 4:33 p.m.

In Response To: Ethanol - New Thread (Carl)

A couple of yrs ago, I was caught in the North Atlanic with rough weather and only a quarter tank of gas. I was a long trip. The next day, I took my filters apart at the tank and never saw a dirtier situation. It was a wonder the starboard engines even ran. Then it became a mental problem as I figuered tha tank had an awful lot of crud. So I took the oval plate off the tank and pump the bottom. No crud. Thinking about it, I thought that I didn't get to the bottom pocket with the crud. Pumped again to no avail. Very little sedment comes from the filters nowadays and just a little water.

This tank leaking thing has me upset. Is it an bomb just waiting to go off??

By the way, the gas dock switched to 89 octane and the price was $3.02 US gallon.

Messages In This Thread

Ethanol - New Thread
Carl -- Saturday, 5 November 2005, at 10:46 a.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Capt. Dick Dean -- Saturday, 5 November 2005, at 4:33 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
peter fallon -- Saturday, 5 November 2005, at 11:32 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Walter Kaprielian -- Sunday, 6 November 2005, at 10:11 a.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Walter Kaprielian -- Sunday, 6 November 2005, at 10:29 a.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
peter fallon -- Sunday, 6 November 2005, at 6:26 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Mack -- Monday, 7 November 2005, at 10:44 a.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Carl -- Monday, 7 November 2005, at 3:41 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Carl -- Monday, 7 November 2005, at 3:55 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Mack -- Monday, 7 November 2005, at 4:14 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Matt K -- Tuesday, 8 November 2005, at 12:33 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Carl -- Tuesday, 8 November 2005, at 1:28 p.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Carl -- Wednesday, 9 November 2005, at 9:20 a.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Walter Kaprielian -- Wednesday, 9 November 2005, at 11:18 a.m.

Re: Ethanol - New Thread
Tony Meola -- Tuesday, 8 November 2005, at 9:56 p.m.

Re: How much was cleaning?
Rawleigh -- Wednesday, 9 November 2005, at 8:16 a.m.

Re: How much was cleaning?
Mack -- Wednesday, 9 November 2005, at 12:02 p.m.

Re: How much was cleaning?
Carl -- Wednesday, 9 November 2005, at 2:54 p.m.

Re: Different idea
Rawleigh -- Wednesday, 9 November 2005, at 4:21 p.m.

Re: Different idea
Carl -- Thursday, 10 November 2005, at 8:32 a.m.

Re: Different idea
bob lico -- Sunday, 13 November 2005, at 11:11 p.m.