aaaaahhhhhh. that sounds like the case. i thought that was a bit much but wanted to check in and make sure. after all when i divided 4000+ hours by 24hr per day it worked out to 100+ days which didn't seem completely outrageous give the boats age but i think you're right. thank god.
--- In [email protected], David Savlin <dsav...@...> wrote: > > 4,000 hours seems amazingly high to me. That last digit is tenths of an > hour; are you sure you're not misreading and it is really in the 400 hour > range? That would make more sense to me. > > David > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:42 AM, RobAdkins <robadk...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > thanks to all of you for chiming in on this subject. i now feel that my > > engine is most likely just fine and lovely. many of you have stated the > > hours accumulated on your engines of varying ages and i wanted to get an > > opinion on the hours of mine. according to the hour meter it's in the 4000hr > > range. which sounds like a ton compared to those of you with '84 M-18s as > > well. what can i expect from an engine with this level of previous use? > > thanks again-rob > > > > --- In [email protected] <IC27A%40yahoogroups.com>, "RobAdkins" > > <robadkins@> wrote: > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > i was wondering what a healthy diesel engine sounds like. mine acts > > healthy but sounds as if there's an extra high pitched tap-it noise akin to > > the valves on an old small block 350 in need of adjustment. not knowing much > > about diesels, i thought i'd query the community at large. is there a way to > > upload a sound recording to the group's page? thanks -rob > > > > > > > > > >
