GOOD NEWS & BAD NEWS

There is good news tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     Well, Eric the Engine Shaman showed up on Friday last and spent a lot of time working on the engine. Good News!

     He didn't get it running. Bad News!

     Well, actually he didn't try to get it to run so much as to figure out why it didn't run. He spent the time tracing the fuel system and checking each part of it to make sure it was working correctly. He didn't get too far before he realized that the fuel was contaminated, that it had a lot of water and dirt in it.It would be necessary to "polish" it or get rid of it, other wise it would continue to mess up the fuel delivery system and the engine wouldn't run. That would make it difficult to figure out where the problem is.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I've got to polish the fuel, run it through a series of filters to take out the water and the dirt. Hopefully, it will not require me to open the inspection port on the fuel tank when it is empty of fuel and scrub out the inside before putting the "polished" fuel back in. That would not be a particularly difficult job, rather it is just  that it is a bit difficult to access the port and do the scrubbing. I am hoping that Friend Fred and I can agitate the fuel as it is being pumped-out and then pumped back in  so that it suspends the dirt nad water, allowing it to be filtered out.  There is probably a good 40 gallons in the tank and I would just hate to dispose of the fuel for which I have paid over $130.

       This project will not be able to happen this week as we are experiencing some nasty weather early in the week and the end of the week will see us feeling the effects of "Florence." My best bet is the weekend. Then again, who knows.

AH, JOYS OF BOAT OWNERSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!