[Rhodes22-list] Outboards

[Bill Effros]

That's "abated breath" I hit the send key when aiming for the save key.

Keep us posted on the Nissan.  I don't know if anyone else has a Nissan 4-stroke.  I was considering them, also.  Is it quiet?

Roger, not to go round on this again, but my consistent point has been that Ron with his supposedly environmentally sound engine has just dumped more oil into the environment in 2 hours than I have dumped into the environment with my 2 stroke in 2 years.  The dealer reports this was not an isolated case.  Many people on the list with 4-strokes are dumping oil into their gas tanks to ensure proper lubrication of their engines.

As everyone knows, I can go off on a right-wing screed on this issue, but I am trying to restrain myself.

I know everyone is trying to do the right thing.  Sometimes that impulse leads to bad policy, bad laws, and bad decisions.  What does Ron do now?  They're not going to give him a new engine.  And maybe a new one would be just as bad as the one he's got.

What do I do now?  I was thinking of getting a 4-stroke, too, but I wanted to see what happened with Ron.  

I WAS waiting with 'bated breath.

Bill Effros


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bill Effros 
To: Ronald Lipton ; The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Outboards


I believe it's a contraction for "abated breth" 'bated breath.

Bill Effros


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ronald Lipton 
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Outboards



For those of you waiting with baited beath (does this means worms 
hanging out of your mouth?).  I ended up buying the Nissan 6 four 
cycle.   I could not find a reasonably priced used 2 cycle long shaft. 
The Monroe Harbormaster was very accomodating ferrying me out 
to the boat and helping me remove the old engine and install the new 
one.  

The story does not yet have a happy ending ... the new Nissan 
is burning oil, having emptied it's resovoir after about 2 hours of 
running and with a thick cloud of smoke on startup.  I was told by 
the dealer that some of the engines "do that" until they are broken 
in - but I am sceptical.  Hopefully I can keep it running well 
enough to allow me to finish the season before it is serviced, but 
I still have the outboard blues.

for Stan:

Go IU, beat Purdue. ( It might happen someday)

Ron
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