Going to bed for the summer....

[Boatsb]

Why on Older boats my tanks are spotless confirm by visual and had my hand in the bottom of them more than once. Its an easy fix to have clean tanks

Mine were pretty clean but they say biodiesel will dislodge every bit of sludge and send it to the filter.

 

[Avenger]

It will. It's also hard on certain elastomers and it has a significant tendency to absorb water which is evil as far as fuel injection is concerned. Also, while not an issue to most boaters it has a very high pour point which means it turns to glue when temps get close to freezing.

It has a lot of beneficial properties, but there are significant drawbacks to overcome before it is the answer to the fuel crisis.

 

[34Hatt]

Mine were pretty clean but they say biodiesel will dislodge every bit of sludge and send it to the filter.

Sludge Wouldn't know about that Like I said mine are clean wipe the bottom and gloves comes out CLEAN but then again they are 1967 that isn't that OLD ?

Your real problem can be the bottle cap sliding around now that's a Problem!

 

[Boatsb]

Sludge Wouldn't know about that Like I said mine are clean wipe the bottom and gloves comes out CLEAN but then again they are 1967 that isn't that OLD ?

Your real problem can be the bottle cap sliding around now that's a Problem!

Thats why our beer is in cans

 

[kwerges]

Bob-
Went through the sister to lymphoma (leukemia) 17 years ago, and am still here enjoying my Hatt. Took the chemo route as well. I'm sure you'll do well and will be enjoying your boat again in no time. Just in case, our thoughts and prayers will still be with you...

 

[Bill Herrin]

Bob,

I have non Hodgkin's Lymphoma, B cell follicular and have been ' no evidence of disease' for almost a decade. For me the chemo and radiation was a sludge and I was not a 'good example' of a patient but I am still doing well and my oncologist happily says I will die of something else. Take it and life one day at a time and keep optimistic. good luck, you will be in my thoughts...

Bill

 

[bobk]

Thanks guys. I'm at one week into the first infusion. It really went quite well all things considered. But it near destroyed my white cells, so now I'm more or less in isolation to avoid disease. They have me on Cipro as a precautionary measure. The docs remain very confident they will cure it. As said, one day at a time.

Bobk

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Thanks guys. I'm at one week into the first infusion. It really went quite well all things considered. But it near destroyed my white cells, so now I'm more or less in isolation to avoid disease. They have me on Cipro as a precautionary measure. The docs remain very confident they will cure it. As said, one day at a time.

Bobk

Be careful with the Cipro. I ended up with colitis from it and there are many reports of tendon rupture as well. As long as you're tolerating it okay, you probably don't have to worry as its widely prescribed. Just be alert to any intestinal pain before it get out of hand. I wish you the best.

 

[jim rosenthal]

What Sky said. I am very reluctant to give those antibiotics to anyone over fifty as the incidence of tendon problems goes up with age with or without Cipro and its relatives. He's also right about the colitis (might have been C diff?) but all antibiotics can do that. Here is hoping you get well soon, have minimal problems if any with the infusions, and get yelled at at the age of ninety by a jealous husband.

 

[bobk]

Thanks for the heads up. It seems odd that the Cipro is the drug of choice. I used it three times over the years, once when there was a suspicion of the on set of Lyme Disease, then just a few weeks ago when I contracted pneumonia prior to the infusion, and of course currently. The drug was called Cipro by the docs, but the label is Ciprofloxacin. Same thing?

Bobk

 

[SeaEric]

Be careful with the Cipro. I ended up with colitis from it and there are many reports of tendon rupture as well. As long as you're tolerating it okay, you probably don't have to worry as its widely prescribed. Just be alert to any intestinal pain before it get out of hand. I wish you the best.

I have a ruptured bicep tendon, luckily my left arm, as a result (I think) of Cipro. It was quite the electrical sensation when it let go. I was using my left arm to slide an overhead hatch open on a sundeck motoryacht that I was showing. My customers wondered what the hell was going on with me when it happened. They remarked that they heard the "pop" Yikes. Since it was my left arm and I'm not a mechanic for my living, the Doc convinced me not to have it repaired. So no more Cipro for me.

 

[jim rosenthal]

Same drug. Good in its place, but it has its risks.

 

[Nick]

Hi Bob!

Good luck with your treatment and boat withdrawal!

We wish you a speedy recovery back to what you love!

Nick

 

[Genesis]

Hmmm... The Bosch results are a bit disconcerting. Do you know what the European standard is? I'd like to compare the two. Is the difference related to lubricity or some other factor? Any info on Valvtec fuels? They claim to be better.

Bobk

Wear scar. We have a lower standard and with ULSD it cannot be met without additives, which are supposed to go in at the terminal.

If they don't, for whatever reason, and you get a load of that into a HPFP used in the common-rail engines you have a serious problem.

IMHO Bosch should have used crankcase oil (or a separate oiling system) for these pumps instead of relying on the fuel. They didn't and if the fuel is even slightly out-of-spec you're hosed -- and when the pump grenades the metal particles it sheds get into everything in the fuel system.

The pump itself isn't ridiculously expensive but having to change everything in the fuel system that got contaminated is another matter.

Good luck with the treatment Bob; will toss a prayer your way.