Terry Streeter wrote: > > > For canal cruising I normally leave the change-over valves in high > compression. This is because when the engine is doing less than about > 1000 rpm, it has a tendency to misfire and blow diesel smoke rings out > of the exhaust. On the canal, you are forever slowing down to pass > moored boats or working through a lock. Since I have to go down to the > engine room to change the compression levers it's all a bit too much of > a fag to do it for five minutes cruising. When I am a river where I > know I can cruise at higher revs for more than ten minutes I nip down > and flick the levers over.
Do you have problems with the valves leaking to atmosphere past the stems? > Next task > is to dismantle the water pump which I noticed has a leaky seal. I fear that the only FR owners not intimately acquainted with their water pump seals are the ones who have given up and fitted a Jabsco instead :-) Cheers, Simon. NB Melaleuca
