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If it's valve seals, you'll have an oil consumption increase, too. Walter

Fluid level is the first place to check. They're tough. No permanent damade I'm sure. Walter

Harv- I know how you feel, but at this point, you have so much invested in your boat that the long-term risk is not worth it. I have a friend in Montauk who has had his gasser B-31 up for sale for a year now. No one will touch it because of the fiberglass tank/ethanol situation. Think a new tank or ...

John-Most suffering from this problem have been dealing with 10% Ethanol. Although the combination with mbte is not recommended, it's the Ethanol/fiberglass tank relationship that is the bad boy. As of this moment, it has not found it's way to diesel. Walter

I have an early 60's B-31 Sportsfisherman. Over the years I have found 3 sets of numbers on my boat, all of which were in sequence: 31-382, 31-383 and 31-384. I was told that in those days the parts were laid out on a manual assembly line and picked up and used with little regard as to maintaining e...

I believe that's the solution. Ethanol ain't going away unless it kills someone important's kid. That's what I'm doing on my B-20. Walter

Basically, you have two independent dual battery systems. You should/could start the engine on either battery 1 or 2. Should your battery for any reason be discharged to the point that you can't turn over your engine, you can switch to the other one. Neither side of batteries affects the other. "Bot...

Viceroy....Hyena....Gotta get used to the new user names. Has Rawleigh formally adopted Shrimp Pimp? Walter

To say a good time was had by all is an understatement! Vic-as you can see, Patrick walked me through my getting back on the site. Didn't realize how hooked I am. Walter