Peter Stockdale asked: > As a non boatowner I am perplexed ! > Is "neutral" not a more or less a universal feature of boat > engines these days. > Why is it therefore necessary to run ones engine in gear to > extract non propulsion power from it ?
AIUI, running an engine for long periods of time with no significant loading can cause the bores to 'glaze'. An alternator does not provide any real load for the engine to work against. This is supposed to be bad for the engine, causing poor compression?? Terry Streeter - Belgium
