On 27/02/2010 11:43, Brian on Harnser wrote: > >> When I moved 'Wyrd', a few days back, the engine initially appeared to >> be suffering from fuel starvation under load; this led me to dip the >> tank again (as part of my initial fault-finding checks) and the tank >> again appeared to be substantially lower than I had expected, especially >> when the actual engine hours were taken into consideration, which again >> suggested that the initial markings on the dipstick dowelling were >> inaccurate. > As you have been leaving the boat unattended may be some one is > borrowing your diesel > That was certainly one of my initial thoughts :-(
But it was only likely to be the local farmer - and I suspect he (like most new 4x4 owners who are 'real' farmers) has enough cash in his pocket not to be bothered by 70 odd litres of red derv! Anybody else would have had to drag their ill-gotten booty away along the towpath, for a good half a mile - and there was absolutely no evidence of that.. I suppose there could be the odd dead body floating on top of the derv - that could well account for the symptoms .. lol! Hopefully, all should be revealed later on, when I pour in the derv which I'll be taking up in a big can. On the small diesel genny question I'm still trying to find somebody, reasonably local, with a Makro cash'n'carry card.... its getting very frustrating knowing where to buy one but being unable to actually get it - and I can't even find anybody selling them retail either :-( Trevor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
