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Old 08-22-2010, 01:30 PM
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Russ, you may have hit the nail on the head. I have seen that mistake more than once and didn't even think about it. Well I was raised in the sixties .

Another note on mixing diesel and gas, it is not uncommon for gasoline to be added to a diesel to resist freezing (jelling) in cold climates. You ever do this Russ? And a diesel will run on straight gasoline however it smells, rattles and doesn't make much power. I had a friend who had to leave an island in the south Pacific and they were out of diesel so he added regular gas and a quart of motor oil to every gallon of gas to lubricate the pump, he ran 250 gallons through his perkins working through the doldrums on the way back to the States. No damage done and he just sold the boat after five more years of use.

Russ a sidebar question, I know you are using the same filter type as me but are you using it as a bypass or full flow?

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