--- In [email protected], Bruce Napier <br...@...> wrote:
>
>
> On 2 Mar 2009, at 17:01, Trevor wrote:
>
> <snip a lot of useful advice>
>
> > It might also be useful to know when the engine was last serviced -
> > gucky
> > lube oil will quickly block breather filters - as well as oil
> > channels, lube
> > oil filters, etc.; in fact replacing the lube oil and filter is
> > probably the
> > most effective way of extending the useful life of any engine, as
> > well as
> > helping to improve fuel consumption!
> >
> The oil looked pretty thick and black to me - if he's still looking
> for advice, I'll ask about his maintenance habits. We're on the
> Nantwich embankment, so he can always trundle it round to the Canal
> Centre if it's still bothering him.
>
> The Beta 43 manual recommends oil and filter change every 250 hours,
> but on the advice of Iain Bryceland when we got the boat, I've been
> doing it every 200, equivalent to 6,000 road miles.
>
> Like the old RN artificer said, "Oil is cheap, engines are expensive"
> and it's still comparatively true even now.
>
> Thanks the prompt response, Trevor and er, oh gods, what's his
> name? ;-}}}
>
> All the best
>
> Bruce
>
> There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet.
>
>
>
We spent a happy winter last year on the Nantwich embankment. Good
luck with your new boat.
Sue
