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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ManyMoose who wrote (189449)	1/5/2010 1:42:41 AM
From: SmoothSail	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

When I was hanging out at that guy's shop trying to learn as much as I could about diesels, he said mechanics usually have a simple check list to eliminate the obvious things first. He said rule #1 is to check the fuel tank and make sure you know how much fuel is there. He showed me a dowel he used saying it depended where the tank was located and it's accessibility (remember we were talking about boats). Don't know where those mechanics learned their trade, but checking the fuel tank is the first thing they should have checked. Dealerships hold seminars to teach their employees how to deal with people like you - people they've scammed by making it look like they've been really nice to you, which they probably were while ripping you off. I always remembered his telling me about the rule because he tacked on that the tank should be kept full. I applied it to my car, never let it get below 1/2 full. I don't know why but he also told me if I wasn't going to take the boat out for awhile, like letting it sit for months, I should come down and rock it and start the engine and let it run for awhile. Don't know why the rocking other than to get things sloshing around.